Kelkile Gezahegn

Kelkile Gezahegn Woldaregay (born 1 October 1996) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who is specialized in marathon.

Kelkile Gezahegn Woldaregay
Kelkile Gezahegn at the 2018 Frankfurt Marathon
Personal information
NationalityEthiopian
Born (1996-10-01) 1 October 1996
Sport
Country Ethiopia
SportAthletics
Event(s)Marathon
Medal record
Representing  Ethiopia

Career

In 2016 Gezahegn won three marathon competitions in China. In Chongqing (2:10:52 h).,[1] Hengshui (2:11:11 h) [2] and Hefei (2:08:54 h).

In 2017 he improved his personal best at the Rotterdam Marathon when he became sixth in 2:07:29 h [3] and in October when he finished as second in 2:06:55 at the Frankfurt Marathon.[4]

In 2018 again he could improve his personal best at the Rotterdam Marathon now in 2:05:56 h finishing as third.[5] He won the marathons in Lanzhou in 2:11:00 h [6] and the Frankfurt Marathon in 2:06:37 h [7]

In 2020 he won the Houston Marathon with a time of 2:08:36.

Personal Best
gollark: What PR?
gollark: Is that even Macron?
gollark: Fail.
gollark: Macron should have a compiler option to enable commutativity.
gollark: Wow, it's like one of those cluster leader election algorithms.

References
  1. , IAAF-News, 20 Mar 2016, Liu and Woldaregay win at the Chongqing International Marathon, Retrieved on 9 November 2018.
  2. , Article on onlineethiopia.net, 25 Sep 2016, Retrieved on 9 November 2018.
  3. , Rotterdam marathon 2017 results on www.watchathletics.com, retrieved on 9 September 2018
  4. , Official Frankfurt Marathon result. Retrieved on 9 November 2018.
  5. , MyLaps Sports Timing. Retrieved on 9 November 2018.
  6. , IAAF-News, 8 Jun 2018, Gezahegn aims to retain Lanzhou Marathon title, Retrieved on 9 November 2018.
  7. , Official Frankfurt Marathon result. Retrieved on 9 November 2018.
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