Sisay Lemma

Sisay Lemma Kasaye (born 12 December 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.[1]

Sisay Lemma during the Vienna City Marathon 2015 at km 10 (Opera)
Running in Frankfurt.

Lemma began his running career at the age of 17 and initially competed barefoot due to a lack of running shoes.[2]

In 2012, he won the Maratona d’Italia. In 2013, he was fifth in the Tiberias Marathon, won the Orlen Warsaw Marathon and finished the Eindhoven Marathon as fourth.[3]

In 2015, he was fifth at the Dubai Marathon and won the Vienna City Marathon [4] and the Frankfurt Marathon, where he ran a personal best.[5][6]

In 2016 he lowered his best to 2:05:16 in Dubai.He was the third at the 2019 berlin marathon, and he set a new personal record.2:03:36.


In 2018 he started the season with a personal best at the Dubai Marathon with a 2:04:08, placing 5th. In October, he then broke the Ljubljana Marathon record with time 2:04:58 [7].

References
  1. "Sisay Lemma (Ethiopia)" (PDF). dubaimarathon.org. Dubai Marathon. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. Pavitt, Michael (15 October 2015). "Sisay Lemma Kasaye and Koren Jelela named as late additions to Frankfurt Marathon elite fields". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  3. "Sisay Lemma Kasaya wins Warsaw marathon". Radio Poland. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  4. IAAF: Lemma and Neuenschwander take the honours at the Vienna City Marathon. April 12, 2015
  5. Frankfurt Marathon: Arne Gabius bricht deutschen Rekord mit 2:08:33 Stunden, Äthiopier Sisay Lemma und Gulume Tollesa siegen in Frankfurt Archived 2015-10-27 at the Wayback Machine October 25, 2015
  6. "Lemma and Tollesa Achieve Historic Ethiopian Double at Frankfurt Marathon". IAAF. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  7. "23rd Ljubljana Marathon: Ethiopian Lemma Kasaye and Kenian Visiline Jepkesho broke the record". 28 October 2018.



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