Tiki Gelana

Tiki Gelana the Rotterdam Marathon 2012

Erba Tiki Gelana ( born October 22, 1987 in Bekoji ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. Her biggest success is the Olympic gold medal in 2012 in the marathon.

Biography

2006 won the San Silvestre Gelana Barcelonesa and 2007 10 km from San'yo. In 2008, she finished sixth at the Delhi Half Marathon. During her debut at the 42,195 - km - distance she won in 2009 at the Dublin Marathon in 2:33:49 hours in third. The following year she was fourth respectively at the Los Angeles Marathon, the Rock ' n ' Roll Marathon and Dublin.

At the Amsterdam Marathon in 2011 she managed a huge breakthrough. With 2:22:08 h, they set a course record and remained at almost seven minutes under their personal best.

2012 was followed by a victory at Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon another spectacular track record in the Netherlands: With almost five minutes ahead, she sat down by the Rotterdam Marathon and was the first Ethiopian runner under 2:19 h

2012 Gelana won at the Olympic Games in London, the gold medal in the marathon. In an exciting decision, it only 500 meters from the finish to the decisive attack. Although the marathon began slowly, submitted her winning time of 2:23:07 h even to a new Olympic record.

Personal Best

  • 3000 m: 8:55,88 min 6 June 2008, Nantes
  • 5000 m: 15:17,74 min 1 June 2008, Berlin
  • 10,000 m: 31:27,80 min 12 June, 2008, Ostrava
  • 10 - km road race: 31:54 min, December 23, 2007, Okayama
  • Half Marathon: 1:08:48 h, February 5, 2012 Marugame
  • Marathon: 2:18:58 h 15 April, 2012, Rotterdam ( Ethiopian record )
Summer Olympic Games Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics Long-distance running Los-Angeles-Marathon Amsterdam-Marathon Rotterdam-Marathon 3000 metres 5000 metres Marugame, Kagawa Joan Benoit Rosa Mota Fatuma Roba Naoko Takahashi Mizuki Noguchi
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