Yeshi Esayias
Yeshi Esayias (born December 28, 1985 ) is an Ethiopian marathon runner .
In 2007 she came second in the Marrakech Marathon in 2:40:10 h and in the Ottawa Marathon third in 2:36:57 h. The following year she won in Marrakech with a time of 2:35:40 h and was fifth in Ottawa in 2:35:37 h. At the end of the season, she won the Montreal Marathon .
In 2009 Esayias defended her title in Marrakech with 2:29:52 h for the first time under the 2:30 hour mark, won the Daegu Marathon in 2:30:44 h and finished the Taipei International Marathon with 2:30 : 05 set a course record.
In her second win in Daegu in 2010, she managed to further improve her personal record to 2:29:17. Later in the season, she finished fourth in the Taiyuan Marathon and defended her title in Taipei. In 2011 she was second in Daegu and the Beijing Marathon . In 2012 she finished second in the Tokyo Marathon with her personal best of 2:26:00 and won in Ottawa.
Web links
- Yeshi Esayias in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Ethiopian double at the Marrakech marathon ( Memento from January 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). January 27, 2008
- ^ IAAF: Ethiopian sweep at Daegu Marathon ( Memento from April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). April 12, 2010
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| SURNAME | Esayias, Yeshi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian marathon runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1985 |