Semretu Alemayehu

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Semretu Alemayehu (born September 17, 1970 ) is a former Ethiopian marathon runner .

In 1997 he won the Murtenlauf . In 1999 he finished second in the Frankfurt Marathon in 2:12:46 h. The following year he won the Turin Marathon in 2:08:33 h and came in 22nd at the Olympic Games in Sydney .

The following year he defended his title in Turin with a course record of 2:07:45, which was also his personal best. A fifth place in the Madrid Millennium Marathon of the same year was followed by a sixth place in the Venice Marathon in 2002 .

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