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Roza Dereje

Roza Dereje

Ethiopian marathon runner

Roza Dereje Bekele (born 9 May 1997) is an Ethiopian marathon runner.

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Career

In 2016 and 2017 she won the Shanghai Marathon.

In 2018, she won the Dubai Marathon in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with a time of 2:19:17 which was a new course record at the time. The following year Ruth Chepngetich set a new course record of 2:17:08.

In 2019, she finished in 3rd place in the London Marathon.[1] In 2019, she also won the Valencia Marathon and she also set a new course record of 2:18:30.[2] She also competed in the women's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[3] She did not finish her race.[3]

She finished in 4th place in the women's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

Achievements

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References

  1. [1]
    Pavitt, Michael (28 April 2019). "Kipchoge clocks second fastest time in history to win fourth London Marathon title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. [2]
    McGuire, Jane (3 December 2019). "All the records broken at the Valencia Marathon". Runner's World. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Marathon Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 28 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Athletics - DEREJE Roza". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
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