Roza Dereje

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Roza Dereje Bekele
Personal information
Born (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 (age 28)
Sport
CountryEthiopia
SportAthletics
Event
 Long-distance running

Roza Dereje Bekele (born 9 May 1997) is an Ethiopian marathon runner.

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Career

In 2016 and 2017 she won the Shanghai Marathon.

In 2018, she won the Dubai Marathon in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with a time of 2:19:17 which was a new course record at the time. The following year Ruth Chepngetich set a new course record of 2:17:08.

In 2019, she finished in 3rd place in the London Marathon. [1] In 2019, she also won the Valencia Marathon and she also set a new course record of 2:18:30. [2] She also competed in the women's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. [3] She did not finish her race. [3]

She finished in 4th place in the women's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
2016 H.C. Andersen Marathon Odense, Denmark1stMarathon2:31:16
Shanghai Marathon Shanghai, China1stMarathon2:26:18
2017 Shanghai Marathon Shanghai, China1stMarathon2:22:43
2018 Dubai Marathon Dubai, United Arab Emirates1stMarathon2:19:17
Chicago Marathon Chicago, United States2ndMarathon 2:21:18
2019 London Marathon London, United Kingdom3rdMarathon 2:20:51
World Championships Doha, Qatar –Marathon DNF
Valencia Marathon Valencia, Spain1stMarathon2:18:30
2021 Olympic Games Sapporo, Japan 4thMarathon 2:28:38

References

  1. ↑ Pavitt, Michael (28 April 2019). "Kipchoge clocks second fastest time in history to win fourth London Marathon title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. ↑ McGuire, Jane (3 December 2019). "All the records broken at the Valencia Marathon". Runner's World. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Marathon Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 28 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Athletics - DEREJE Roza". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
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