Fatuma Sado

Fatuma Sado Dergo (born 11 October 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. She has a personal best of 2:26:09 hours and has won marathons in Hamburg, Los Angeles and Xiamen.

Fatuma (right) among the leaders at the 2012 Chicago Marathon

Fatuma signed up with athletics agents Elite Sports Management International and began running at international road races at the age of eighteen. In her first year of competition abroad she won the Casablanca 10K in a time of 31:39 minutes, ran 1:11:44 for third at the Rabat Half Marathon and came second at the Zhuhai Half Marathon in China. She opened 2011 with personal bests of 69:02 for the half marathon (runner-up at the Humarathon) and 51:10 for 15 km (second at the 15 km du Puy-en-Velay).[1] In May she made her debut over the full marathon distance and it was a successful one as she won the Hamburg Marathon with a run of 2:28:30 hours.[2] Later that year she improved to 2:28:01 with a run at the Istanbul Marathon, coming second behind stablemate Alemitu Abera.[3]

Fatuma had five outings in the 2012 season and built her standing as an elite marathon runner. She was runner-up at the Mumbai Marathon in January (running 2:30:20)[4] and finished in 2:25:39 hours on the Los Angeles Marathon's downhill course, where she won the women's race and also the gender challenge, which saw the women's field start 17 minutes and 31 seconds ahead of the elite men.[5] She claimed the title at the Pittsburgh Half Marathon in May then entered her first major marathon at the 2012 Chicago Marathon, where she placed seventh in a personal best 2:26:09 hours.[6] She closed the year with a win at the Zhuhai Half Marathon.

The Xiamen Marathon was her first race of 2013 and she won the third marathon of her career with a time of 2:27:35 hours.[7]

Personal bests
  • 10 kilometres – 31:39 min (2010)
  • 15 kilometres – 51:10 min (2011)
  • Half marathon – 1:09:02 (2011)
  • Marathon – 2:26:09† (2012)
  • †Her run of 2:25:39 was at the Los Angeles marathon where there is a downhill course
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References
  1. Fatuma Sado Archived 2012-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. Elite Sports Management International. Retrieved on 2013-02-07.
  2. Haspa Marathon Hamburg am 22. Mai 2011 Archived 2013-04-12 at Archive.today. Eiba (2011-05-22). Retrieved on 2013-02-07.
  3. Kurdyumova, Yelena & Porada, Sergey (2011-10-17). Kiplagat defends in cold and rainy Istanbul. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-07.
  4. Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2012-01-15). Abeyo notches course record, while Moiben edges Assefa in Mumbai. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-07.
  5. Holmes, Baxter (2012-03-28). Fatuma Sado wins women's L.A. Marathon, Simon Njoroge wins men's. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2013-02-07.
  6. 2012 Chicago Marathon results. Chicago Marathon. Retrieved on 2013-02-02.
  7. Jalava, Mirko (2013-01-05). Terfa breaks course record in Xiamen. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-07.
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