Tesfaye Eticha

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Tesfaye Eticha
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Full nameTesfaye Eticha
Nationality Swiss
Born (1974-06-27) 27 June 1974 (age 49)
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Tesfaye Eticha (born 27 June 1974) is a male long-distance runner from Switzerland (formerly Ethiopia), who won the 1994 edition of Amsterdam Marathon, clocking 2:15:56 on 25 September 1994. He mainly competed in Switzerland during his career. Eticha is a seven-time winner of the Lausanne Marathon.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
1994 Amsterdam Marathon Amsterdam, Netherlands 1stMarathon2:15:56
1997 Rome City Marathon Rome, Italy 5thMarathon2:14:25
1998 Lausanne Marathon Lausanne, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:16:33
1999 Lausanne Marathon Lausanne, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:12:48
2000 Lausanne Marathon Lausanne, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:16:24
2001 Lausanne Marathon Lausanne, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:12:38
Paris Marathon Paris, France 5thMarathon2:10:33
Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany 9thMarathon2:11:19
Dubai Marathon Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2ndMarathon2:13:37
2002 Lausanne Marathon Lausanne, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:11:22
Paris Marathon Paris, France 8thMarathon2:10:14
Jungfrau Marathon Interlaken, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:53:28
2003 Lausanne Marathon Lausanne, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:10:04
Zürich Marathon Zürich, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:10:58
Jungfrau Marathon Interlaken, Switzerland 2ndMarathon3:01:45
2004 Florence Marathon Florence, Italy 5thMarathon2:17:01
Zürich Marathon Zürich, Switzerland 2ndMarathon2:13:58
Jungfrau Marathon Interlaken, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:59:30
2005 Houston Marathon Houston, United States 5thMarathon2:24:57
Zürich Marathon Zürich, Switzerland 7thMarathon2:13:23
Geneva Marathon Geneva, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:15:29
Basel Marathon Basel, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:13:45
Jungfrau Marathon Interlaken, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:59:21
Lausanne Marathon Lausanne, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:12:41
2006 Zürich Marathon Zürich, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:12:39
Geneva Marathon Geneva, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:15:31
Jungfrau Marathon Interlaken, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:59:44
Lausanne Marathon Lausanne, Switzerland 2ndMarathon2:15:27
2007 Geneva Marathon Geneva, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:18:36
2008 Zürich Marathon Zürich, Switzerland 7thMarathon2:16:25
Geneva Marathon Geneva, Switzerland 1stMarathon2:14:23
2009 Zürich Marathon Zürich, Switzerland 3rdMarathon2:10:21


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