Tariku Jufar

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Tariku Jufar 2009 in Los Angeles

Tariku Jufar (born July 18, 1984 ) is an Ethiopian marathon runner .

In 2003 he was third in the half marathon competition of the Paderborn Easter run and Ethiopian runner-up in the half marathon. At the World Half Marathon Championships in Vilamoura , he came in 17th place.

In 2006 he finished second in the Nice Half Marathon . The following year he was third in the Mumbai Marathon and the Istanbul Marathon . At the road running world championships in Udine he finished 18th and won bronze with the Ethiopian team. In 2008, a second place in Mumbai was followed by a third at the Hamburg Marathon . He finished second in the Los Angeles Marathon in 2009 and seventh in 2010, and fifth in the Florence Marathon in 2010.

In 2011 he finished fourth in Mumbai, second in Istanbul and set a course record in the Beirut Marathon . He set another course record at the 2012 Houston Marathon . Three months later, he was tenth at the Paris Marathon .

Personal bests

  • Half marathon: 1:01:28 h, October 14, 2007, Udine
  • Marathon: 2:06:51 am, Jan 15, 2012, Houston

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ IAAF: Course records fall in Beirut ( Memento of November 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). November 27, 2011
  2. ^ IAAF: Jufar sizzles 2:06:51 as records tumble at Houston Marathon ( Memento from January 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). January 16, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Jufar, Tariku
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ethiopian marathon runner
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1984