Zersenay Tadese

Zersenay Tadese (also written Zersenay Tadesse; born February 8, 1982 in Adi Bana ) is an Eritrean long-distance runner.

As recently as 2002 he began to part in competitions, and soon had success both on the track and in cross-country and road running.

In 2003, he was ninth at the World Cross Country Championships, eighth in the 10,000 - meter race of the IAAF World Championships in Paris / Saint- Denis and seventh at the World Half Marathon Championships in Vilamoura. In 2004 he occupied at the World Cross Country Championships in sixth place and won the Grand Prix of Bern (10 miles) with track record.

At the Olympic Games in Athens, he was the first athlete who won an Olympic medal for Eritrea, as he was beaten over 10,000 m only by the two Ethiopians Kenenisa Bekele and Sileshi Sihine. In the 5000 - meter race, he finished seventh.

In 2005, he won a silver medal at the World Cross Country Championships, but had a setback at the World Championships in Helsinki, as he, despite a national record time of 27:12,82 min was only sixth in the 10,000 m and 5,000 m only took place 14. At his best he presented himself then at the Great North Run: On the list but not the best fit for the half marathon course he presented with a course record 59:05 min.

In 2006, he finished fourth at the World Cross Country Championships, presented with 12:59,27 26:37,25 min or min bests over 5000 and 10,000 m, won the Great Manchester Run and the Rotterdam Half Marathon and won with the road running 2006 World Championships in Debrecen over 20km with a time of 56:01 min his first world title. His second followed at the World Cross Country Championships 2007 in Mombasa, where he finished the continuing since 2002 winning streak of Kenenisa Bekele.

At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka he made a long time for a fast pace, had to admit defeat here but Bekele, who won the victory, while Tadese who finished fourth. A victory at the Dam tot Damloop followed defend the title at the Road Race World Championships in Udine on the half- marathon distance with his personal best time of 58:59 min.

2008 in Edinburgh and 2009 in Amman, he came third in the World Cross Country Championships and at the Olympic Games in Beijing, he was fifth in the 10,000 m. The winner of the World 10K Bangalore 2008 he scored with 27:51 on Indian soil min the fastest time, and at the World Half Marathon Championships in Rio de Janeiro, he was the first runner for the third time gold.

At the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in 2009, he joined again at 10,000 m. Shortly after the half, he sat down at the head and shook with a pace of tightening in the next four kilometers, all competitors from up on Kenenisa Bekele, who in turn ansetzte to a final spurt shortly after the start of the last lap, which the Eritreans could not follow. However Zersenay asserted itself clearly in second place and won in 26:50,12 min the silver medal. In the World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, he won his fourth consecutive title.

In 2010 he won the Lisbon Half Marathon in a world record time of 58:23 min. At the London Marathon he could not keep up with the leading group and finished seventh against it. In the summer, he showed up in top form, and won the Giro di Castelbuono. A silver medal at the World Half Marathon Championships in Nanning followed to the financial statements, a victory at the San Silvestre Vallecana.

In 2011 he defended his title in Lisbon, was at the World Championships in Daegu fourth in the 10,000 m and won the Porto Half Marathon and the São Silvestre de Luanda.

The following year he won for the third time in a row the Lisbon Half Marathon and competed in the London Marathon, in which he came only to 14th place despite a personal best again. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, he ran the 10,000 m at the sixth. In the World Half Marathon Championships in Kavarna, he won his fifth title at the Great Birmingham Run, he finished third.

In 2013 he won the spring at Prague Half Marathon and the Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon. In the fall he started the Chicago Marathon, but gave up after half of the race.

Zersenay Tadese is 1,60 m tall and has a competition weight of 56 kg. His younger brother Kidane Tadasse is also successful as a long distance runner.

Personal Best

  • 3000 m: 7:39,93 min, May 13, 2005 Doha
  • 5000 m: 12:59,27 min, 14 July 2006, Rome ( Eritrean record )
  • 10,000 m: 26:37,25 min, August 15, 2006, Brussels ( Eritrean record )
  • 10 - km road race: 27:24 min 20 May, 2007, Manchester ( Eritrean record )
  • Half Marathon: 58:23 min 21 March, 2010, Lisbon ( world record)
  • Marathon: 2:10:41 h, April 22, 2012, London
Long-distance running 2009 World Championships in Athletics 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships All-weather running track Cross country running 2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 5000 metres 2005 World Championships in Athletics 2007 World Championships in Athletics London-Marathon Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics Chicago-Marathon Kidane Tadesse 3000 metres
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