Markos Geneti

Geneti at the 2011 Los Angeles Marathon

Markos Geneti (also Markos Geneti Guteta ; born June 7, 1984 or May 30, 1984 in Wollega ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner .

Geneti was 2001 in Debrecen youth world champion in the 3000-meter run and 2002 runner-up in the 5000-meter run at the Junior World Championships in Athletics in Kingston . He also achieved second place over 5000 meters at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games in Hyderabad behind his compatriot Hailu Mekonnen . At the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Budapest in 2004 , he won the bronze medal in the 3000 meter run. In the same year he finished sixth over this distance at the World Athletics Finals in Monaco.

At the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 2005 , Geneti started in the 1500 meter run , but could not qualify for the final. He finished the 3000 meter run at the World Athletics Finals in Monaco in ninth place this year. At the 2007 World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa, he finished fifteenth. The abandonment of his compatriots Kenenisa Bekele and Abebe Dinkessa in this race cost him what was believed to be a medal in the team classification.

In 2010 Geneti was fourth in the Carlsbad 5000 and sixteenth in the Delhi Half Marathon . The following year he won the Los Angeles Marathon and set a new course record despite wind and rain. His winning time of 2:06:35 hours was the sixth fastest debut of a runner over the marathon distance so far. In 2012 he finished third in the Dubai Marathon in 2:04:54 hours.

Markos Geneti lives in Addis Ababa and is trained by Haji Adillo. He is 1.83 m tall and weighs 61 kg.

Top performances

1500 m: 3: 33.83 min, July 26, 2005, Stockholm
3000 m: 7: 38.11 min, May 22, 2005, Carson
- Hall: 7: 32.69 min, February 17, 2007, Birmingham
5000 m: 13: 00.25 min, July 1st, 2005, Saint-Denis
- Hall: 13:18.25 min, February 6, 2010, Boston
Half Marathon : 1:02:02, September 18, 2011, Philadelphia
Marathon: 2:04:54 h, January 27, 2012, Dubai

Web links

Commons : Markos Geneti - collection of images, videos and audio files

Markos Geneti in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

↑ The World Athletics Federation IAAF gives June 7, 1984, while the Tilastopaja track and field statistics database lists May 30, 1984 as the date of birth for Genetis.

^ IAAF: Gold honors shared - Afro-Asian Games Athletics, Day One ( Memento of October 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English), October 28, 2003

^ IAAF: How and why the Ethiopian challenge melted away in Mombasa ( Memento of April 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English), March 28, 2007

^ IAAF: Geneti debuts with 2:06 in LA ( Memento from March 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English), March 21, 2011

personal data
SURNAME	Geneti, Markos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Geneti Guteta, Markos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ethiopian long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH	May 30, 1984 or June 7, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH	Woolga , Ethiopia

[1] The World Athletics Federation IAAF gives June 7, 1984, while the Tilastopaja track and field statistics database lists May 30, 1984 as the date of birth for Genetis.

[2] IAAF: Gold honors shared - Afro-Asian Games Athletics, Day One ( Memento of October 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English), October 28, 2003

[3] IAAF: How and why the Ethiopian challenge melted away in Mombasa ( Memento of April 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English), March 28, 2007

[4] IAAF: Geneti debuts with 2:06 in LA ( Memento from March 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English), March 21, 2011