Getu Feleke

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Getu Feleke
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Getu Feleke (

long-distance runner who runs mainly in half marathon and marathon races. He won the 2010 Amsterdam Marathon with a course record time of 2:05:44 and set his personal best of 2:04:50 hours in a second-place finish at the 2012 Rotterdam Marathon
.

Career

He began competing at the top level at the end of 2008, with his first major run coming at the

City-Pier-City Half Marathon in March the following year and set a personal best of 1:00:36 for the event, taking fourth place behind fellow Ethiopian Dereje Tesfaye.[2] His debut over the marathon distance came as part of a "débutantes only" theme at the Vienna City Marathon that year. He clocked a time of 2:11:42 which was enough for seventh place.[3]

He returned to the

Moses Masai and Charles Kamathi.[4] The competition served as preparation for the Amsterdam Marathon the following month. In a quick-paced race, it was Kenyan Gilbert Yegon who won, beating Haile Gebrselassie's course record. Although he was three minutes behind, Feleke's run of 2:09:32 for eighth was still a large improvement to his personal best.[5] A return to the Montferland Run, his last race of the year, saw no progress upon his 2008 performance, as he finished sixth for a second time.[6]

Getu was one of four men to complete the

RAK Half Marathon in under an hour in February 2010, his personal best run of 59:56 minutes bringing him fourth place.[7] The Prague Marathon in May was his third race over the classic distance and he bettered his best yet again by recording a time of 2:08:04, although Nicholas Kipruto Koech beat him out of the top three.[8] He did not compete again until October when he returned to the Amsterdam Marathon, entering the race as the fourth fastest on paper.[9] He left the competition as the fastest man, slicing over half a minute off Yegon's year-old course record with a run of 2:05:44. He paid thanks to his trainer, former athlete Getaneh Tessema, for his first victory over the distance with a time establishing him as the fifth fastest Ethiopian ever over the marathon.[10][11]

He returned to the RAK Half Marathon at the start of the following year but was a minute and a half off his best time, finishing in sixth.[12] He did not compete for the rest of the year, but returned at the 2012 Paris Half Marathon, taking fifth in a time of 1:01:59 hours.[13] This served as preparation for the Rotterdam Marathon. That race came down to a sprint finish against Yemane Tsegay and although ended up as runner-up by two seconds, he still set a personal best of 2:04:50 hours (making him joint ninth on the all-time lists).[14] This gained him selection for the Olympic marathon, but he ended up dropping out of the race. He closed the year with a third-place finish at the Montferland Run.[15]

Getu was seventh at the RAK Half Marathon in January 2013, then he repeated as the runner-up at the Rotterdam Marathon, this time behind Tilahun Regassa.[16]

In April 2014 Getu Feleke won the Vienna City Marathon by setting a new course record with his finishing time of 2:05:41.[17]

References

  1. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2010-10-20.
  2. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2010-10-20.
  3. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2010-10-20.
  4. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2010-10-20.
  5. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2010-10-20.
  6. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2010-10-20.
  7. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2010-10-20.
  8. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2010-10-20.
  9. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2010-10-20.
  10. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2010-10-20.
  11. IAAF
    (2010-09-26). Retrieved on 2010-10-20.
  12. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
  13. ^ Semi-Marathon 2012 Results. Paris HM. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.
  14. ^ van Hemert, Wim (2012-04-15). Spectacular double Ethiopian success brings home 2:04 and 2:18 victories in Rotterdam. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.
  15. ^ van Hemert, Wim (2012-12-02). Mutai sets course record in 's Heerenberg. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-14.
  16. ^ van Hemert, Wim (2013-04-14). Regassa and Jelagat triumph in Rotterdam. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-04-18.
  17. ^ Vienna City Marathon, Results Marathon 2014, Men. Retrieved on 2014-04-14.

External links

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