Yebrgual Melese

Yebrgual Melese in 2014, after her victory in the Paris half marathon

Yebrgual Melese Arage (born April 18, 1990 ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner .

In 2012 she won the Hyderabad 10K on November 25th with 33:21 min.

In 2013 she took part in the 2013 World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz . For the 8-kilometer run she took 25.44 minutes and came in 29th place.

On March 2, 2014, she won the Paris half marathon with 1:09:23 h. In April she finished second in the Paris Marathon after 2:26:21 h, which Flomena Cheyech Daniel won after 2:22:44 h.

In 2015, she first won the Houston Marathon on January 18 in the second fastest time in Houston of 2:23:23 h and on March 8, she repeated the victory from the previous year at the Paris Half Marathon with a final time of 1:09:50 h . In May she won the Prague Marathon in 2:23:49 h. At the Ethiopian Athletics Championships in June, she won the 10,000 meter run in 32: 40.23 minutes. On October 11, she finished second in the 2015 Chicago Marathon after 2:23:43 h.

In 2018 she finished third in the Dubai Marathon with a personal best of 2:19:36 h . At the Dongying marathon she finished second in 2:27:47 h. As part of the Lisbon Marathon , she won the half marathon race in 1:07:18 h. When she won the Shanghai Marathon , she set a new course record with 2:20:36 hours.

Personal bests

10 km road run : 31:40 min, August 4, 2013, Cape Elizabeth
Half marathon : 1:07:18 h, October 14, 2018, Lisbon
Marathon : 2:19:36 h, January 26, 2018, Dubai

Web links

Commons : Yebrgual Melese - collection of images, videos and audio files

Yebrgual Melese in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

^ Ethiopia: Ethiopians make clean sweep of Hyderabad 10 − km run. November 25, 2012, accessed November 4, 2015 .
^ Hyderabad 10K Run Results. Retrieved November 4, 2015 .
↑ Bekele breaks Paris course record with 2:05:04 on marathon debut. April 6, 2014, accessed November 4, 2015 .
↑ Melese and Gidefa win in Houston as Ethiopians sweep again. January 18, 2015, accessed November 4, 2015 .
↑ Melese and Wasihun triumph at the Ethiopian Athletics Championships. July 15, 2015, accessed November 4, 2015 .
^ António Manuel Fernandes: Three race records fall in wind-swept Lisbon. In: iaaf.org. October 14, 2018, accessed January 5, 2019 .
↑ Vincent Wu: Road round-up: Cheptegei clocks 15km world best in Nijmegen, Melese breaks Shanghai Marathon course record. In: iaaf.org. November 18, 2018, accessed January 5, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Melese, Yebrgual
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Melese Arage, Yebrgual (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ethiopian long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH	April 18, 1990

[1] Ethiopia: Ethiopians make clean sweep of Hyderabad 10 − km run. November 25, 2012, accessed November 4, 2015 .

[2] Hyderabad 10K Run Results. Retrieved November 4, 2015 .

[3] Bekele breaks Paris course record with 2:05:04 on marathon debut. April 6, 2014, accessed November 4, 2015 .

[4] Melese and Gidefa win in Houston as Ethiopians sweep again. January 18, 2015, accessed November 4, 2015 .

[5] Melese and Wasihun triumph at the Ethiopian Athletics Championships. July 15, 2015, accessed November 4, 2015 .

[6] António Manuel Fernandes: Three race records fall in wind-swept Lisbon. In: iaaf.org. October 14, 2018, accessed January 5, 2019 .

[7] Vincent Wu: Road round-up: Cheptegei clocks 15km world best in Nijmegen, Melese breaks Shanghai Marathon course record. In: iaaf.org. November 18, 2018, accessed January 5, 2019 .