Markos Geneti (born May 30, 1984 in Gute, Oromia Region) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who previously competed in track running, but now is a road specialist.
Markos Geneti (born May 30, 1984 in Gute, Oromia Region) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who previously competed in track running, but now is a road specialist.
He won the 3000 metres title at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics and stepped up a level to take the silver medal over 5000 metres at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics the following year. Turning to senior competition, he was the runner-up in the 5000 m behind Hailu Mekonnen at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games and went on to claim the bronze medal in the 3000 m at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He competed in that event twice at the IAAF World Athletics Final, in 2004 and 2005, but failed to win a medal on either occasion. [1]
He made his global outdoor debut at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, where he reached the semi-finals of the 1500 metres. Geneti ran a 3000 m best of 7:32.69 minutes at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix in February 2007. [1] The following month he then made his debut at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where his 15th-place finish was the second best performance by an Ethiopian (after Tadese Tola). [2]
In March 2011, he won the Los Angeles Marathon, breaking the record by almost two minutes in his first marathon attempt. His time of 2:06:35 was at that point the sixth fastest ever for a first-time marathoner. [3] In his second race at the 2012 Dubai Marathon he ran a personal best time of 2:04:54 hours, but in one of the fastest races ever, he took third place behind Ayele Abshero and Dino Sefir. [4] He did not return to competition until December, when he ran at the Honolulu Marathon and placed second to Wilson Kipsang. [5]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Ethiopia | |||||
| 2001 | World Youth Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 1st | 3000 m | 7:55.82 |
| 2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 2nd | 5000 m | 13:28.83 |
| 2003 | Afro-Asian Games | Hyderabad, India | 2nd | 5000 m | 13:49.61 |
| 2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | 3000 m | 7:57.87 |
| World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 6th | 3000 m | 7:42.24 | |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 12th (semis) | 1500 m | 3:42.80 |
| World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 9th | 3000 m | 7:41.76 | |
| 2007 | World Cross Country Championships | Mombasa, Kenya | 15th | Senior race (12 km) | 37:49 |
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