Robe Guta
Robe Guta (also: Robe Tola ; born October 12, 1986 ) is an Ethiopian marathon runner .
In her debut over the marathon distance she finished second in the Enschede Marathon in 2005 . In the same year she was third in the Frankfurt Marathon in 2:29:30. In the following spring, she won only the Venloop in 1:12:53. In the subsequent Hamburg Marathon she equalized the seven-year-old course record of Katrin Dörre-Heinig with 2:24:35 . At the Frankfurt Marathon in the same year, however, she was unable to build on these achievements and finished seventh in 2:39:18.
In 2007 she won the 20 van Alphen and was sixth in the Boston Marathon . As a participant in the heat marathon of the World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka, however, she suffered a bad slump and came in 56th.
In 2008 she was eighth in the Dubai Marathon and in Boston and won the Cologne Marathon in 2:29:39. In 2009 she qualified for the World Championships in Berlin with a win at the Seoul International Marathon in 2:25:37 , but did not finish there. At the end of the season she was third in the Yokohama Marathon .
In 2011 she won again in Seoul and was sixth in Yokohama.
Personal bests
- Half marathon : 1:11:41 h, April 23, 2006, Hamburg (intermediate time)
- Marathon: 2:24:35 h, April 23, 2006, Hamburg
Web links
- Robe Guta in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr
Footnotes
- ↑ IAAF: Ethiopian 20km double in the Netherlands . March 12, 2007
- ^ IAAF: Arusei takes first major win in 2:07:54; Tola upsets Chinese favorites in 2:25:37 - Seoul Int. Marathon ( Memento of December 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). March 15, 2009
- ^ IAAF: Goumri and Guta take victories in Seoul ( Memento of March 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). March 20, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guta, robe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tola, robe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian marathon runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1986 |