Yonas Kifle

Yonas Kifle ( born November 5, 1977 in Adi Billai ) is an Eritrean long-distance runner.

In three World Cups and three Olympic Games, he represented his country so far. At the 1999 World Championships and the 2001 World Championships, he failed in the semifinals of the 5000 -meter run at the 2000 Olympics he was eliminated in the semifinals of the 10,000 -meter run at the 2004 Games he finished in 14th place in the 10,000 m, and at the World Championships 2005 he was the same distance eleventh.

At the World Cross Country Championships he came so far three times in the top ten ( 2002, 2004 and 2006). However, its real strength is the road running. In the World Half Marathon Championships in 2002 he finished fourth, two years later he won the same competition bronze, and in the road race world championships 2007 he finished fifth in 59:30 min. Shortly thereafter, he made ​​his debut at the marathon distance and improved fifth of the Amsterdam Marathon with 2:07:34 h the national record of Yared Asmerom by almost eight minutes.

In a marathon, the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he ran the rapid pace of the five -man lead group until mile 35, but then suffered a terrible slump and fell back to finish in 36th. In 2012 he took part in the Olympic Games for the fourth time. Again he started 58th place in the marathon, finishing

Kifle 's athlete ambassador of development organization Right to Play.