Yemane Tsegay
Yemane Tsegay ( Yemane Tsegay Adhane , Amharic የማነ ፀጋዬ አድሃነ ; born April 8, 1985 ) is an Ethiopian marathon runner .
In 2008 he won the Half Marathon of Casablanca in 1:02:02 hours, was third in the Casablanca Marathon in 2:13:29 hours and set the marathon of Macau with a 2:15:06 course record.
In 2009 he finished second in the Marrakech Marathon in 2:10:48 and then qualified fourth in the Paris Marathon with a time of 2:06:30 for the World Athletics Championships in Berlin , where he was fourth in 2:08:42 has been. In autumn he won the Gyeongju International Marathon in 2:08:52.
In 2010 he won the Lake Biwa marathon in 2:09:34. At Prague Half Marathon , he finished third at the Prague marathon second and the Berlin Marathon in fourth. In 2011 he finished ninth in the Tokyo Marathon , eighth in the Prague Marathon, third in the JoongAng Seoul Marathon and won the Taipei International Marathon .
In 2012, a tenth place in the Dubai Marathon was followed by a victory in the Rotterdam Marathon in his best time of 2:04:48.
At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing , he won the silver medal in the marathon in 2:13:08 hours. He won the Fukuoka Marathon 2016 in 2:08:48 with a lead of 9 seconds over the former world record holder Patrick Makau.
Personal bests
- Half marathon : 1:01:37 h, March 27, 2010, Prague
- Marathon: 2:04:48 h, April 15, 2012, Rotterdam
Web links
- Yemane Tsegay in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on the World Marathon Majors website
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Tsegay takes Lake Biwa crown ( Memento from March 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). March 7, 2010
- ^ IAAF: Spectacular double Ethiopian success brings home 2:04 and 2:18 victories in Rotterdam . April 15, 2012
- ↑ Len Johnson: Report: men's marathon - IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 ( English ) IAAF. August 22, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
- ↑ Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship | Past Results. In: www.fukuoka-marathon.com. Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
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SURNAME | Tsegay, Yemane |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tsegay Adhane, Yemane |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian marathon runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1985 |