Tesfaye Abera
Abera at the 2016 Olympics
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | 31 March 1992 (age 24) |
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 10,000 m – marathon |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 10,000 m – 29:50.1 (2011) 10 km – 28:21 (2013) HM – 60:32 (2012) Marathon – 2:04:24 (2016) |
Tesfaye Abera Dibaba (born 31 March 1992) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathons. His personal best of 2:04:24 hours ranks him in the all-time top ten, as of 2016. He has won marathons in Dubai, Hamburg and Mumbai. He twice represented Ethiopia at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, taking the team title in 2013.
Tesfaye began competing in foreign road races in 2011 and placed sixth at that year's Singelloop Utrecht. He set a half marathon best of 60:32 minutes to place third at the Nice Half Marathon and also took third at the Buenos Aires Half Marathon. In 2013, a fifth-place finish at the Jan Meda International earned him selection for Ethiopia at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. On his international debut he finished 14th and helped Ethiopia to the team title. He ran in several European road races later that year but failed to place in the top three at all but the Corrida de Langueux, where he was the winner. His 2014 was low-key, as he neither improved his bests nor had a podium finish.
The 2015 marked a breakthrough for Tesfaye as he won his marathon debut with a run of 2:09:46 hours at the Mumbai Marathon. He was reselected for the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, but failed to build on his previous success, ending in 26th place. He ran in two further marathons that year, taking eighth at the high-profile Hamburg Marathon (2:10:49) and the runner-up spot and the lower level Hengshui Lake International Marathon (2:10:00).
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