Meseret Hailu

Meseret Hailu
Meseret Hailu in 2012 when she won the Amsterdam Marathon 2012
nation	Ethiopia
birthday	12th September 1990 (age 29)
Career
discipline	half marathon

Meseret Hailu (born September 12, 1990 ) is an Ethiopian marathon runner and half marathon world champion (2012).

Career

On October 6, 2012, she won the half marathon at the World Half Marathon Championships in Kawarna with 1:08:55 h. Two weeks later, on October 21, she won the Amsterdam Marathon in a record time of 2:21:09 h .

In 2013 she finished second in the Boston Marathon with 2:26:58 h. In August, she took part in the marathon of the World Athletics Championships in Moscow , but could not finish the run.

The 2014 Dubai Marathon was her next run and with 2:26:20 she came fourth. In April 2015 she won the Hamburg Marathon and in 2016 she came second here.

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish)

Personal bests

• 10 km road run : 31:18 min, February 15, 2013, Ra's al-Khaimah
• Half marathon : 1:06:56 h, February 15, 2013, Ras al-Khaimah
• Marathon : 2:21:09 h, October 21, 2012, Amsterdam Marathon

Web links

• Meseret Hailu in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ iaaf.org: Hailu surprises in Kavarna - World Half Marathon Championships
2. ↑ Kenyan Rotich wins - "Mocki" fights his way through (April 26, 2015)
3. ↑ Victory for favorite Abera at the Hamburg Marathon (April 17, 2016)