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'''Marhu Teferi''' (or Teferi Marhu,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-sports.org/teferi-marhu-athletics-spf435676.html |title=Athletics - Teferi Marhu (Israel) |publisher=The-sports.org |date= |accessdate=2016-08-11}}</ref> {{lang-he|מארו טפרי}}; born August 17, 1992) is an Ethiopian-born [[Israel]]i [[marathon]] and [[half marathon]] runner |
'''Marhu Teferi''' (or Teferi Marhu,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-sports.org/teferi-marhu-athletics-spf435676.html |title=Athletics - Teferi Marhu (Israel) |publisher=The-sports.org |date= |accessdate=2016-08-11}}</ref> {{lang-he|מארו טפרי}}; born August 17, 1992) is an Ethiopian-born [[Israel]]i [[marathon]] and [[half marathon]] runner, silver medallist in marathon at the [[2022 European Athletics Championships]] in [[Munich]]. He represented [[Israel at the 2016 Olympics|Israel]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Marathon]]. He also represented [[Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Israel]] at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]]. He has set [[List of Israeli records in athletics|Israeli records]] in both the marathon and half marathon. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
Revision as of 12:36, 15 August 2022
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Native name | Teferi Marhu | ||||||||||||||
National team | Israel | ||||||||||||||
Citizenship | Israeli | ||||||||||||||
Born | Ethiopia | August 17, 1992||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Half marathon, Marathon | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marhu Teferi (or Teferi Marhu,[1] Hebrew: מארו טפרי; born August 17, 1992) is an Ethiopian-born Israeli marathon and half marathon runner, silver medallist in marathon at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich. He represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Marathon. He also represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He has set Israeli records in both the marathon and half marathon.
Biography
Marhu Teferi was born in Ethiopia to a family of Ethiopian-Jewish background, and immigrated to Israel at the age of 14 along with most of his family.[2]
His wife Selamawit Dagnachew is an Ethiopian-born and an Israeli citizen on account of their marriage, is a mid- and long-distance runner who has also qualified to compete for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
Running career
2015–17
Teferi is an Israeli half marathon champion, having won the title in December 2015, ahead of Berihun We've and Israeli Olympian Ageze Guadie.[4][5]
Due to his 2:18.19 finish in the Rotterdam Marathon in April 2016, in which he came in 23rd, he qualified for the 2016 Olympics.[6][7]
He competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the marathon, and finished 74th out of 155 runners, with a time of 2:21:06.[8]
In January 2018, Teferi finished in second place (2:18.35) at the Tiberias Marathon.[9] In August 2018, he ran a 2:13:00 and broke the Israeli marathon record (set in 2003 by Ayele Seteng), while coming in seventh in the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany.[2]
In February 2019 he ran the Seville Marathon in 2:10:11 in Seville, Spain.[10] In April 2019 Teferi set a new Israeli half-marathon record at 1:02:05, winning a race in Berlin.[11]
On 27 October 2019, Teferi ran the Frankfurt Marathon in 2:08:09 in Frankfurt, Germany, setting a new Israeli record and finishing in 6th place.
Teferi represented Israel at the 2020 Olympics, where he finished 13th, the best ever finish for an Israeli marathoner at the Olympics.[12]
See also
References
- ^ "Athletics - Teferi Marhu (Israel)". The-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ a b staff, T. O. I. "Marhu Teferi breaks Israeli marathon record set in 2003". www.timesofisrael.com.
- ^ "Long-distance runner Selamawit Bayoulgn receives Israeli citizenship". Haaretz.com.
- ^ Ben, Almog (2016-04-24). "An Ethiopian Israeli's Run From His Trailer Home to the Rio Olympics - Sports". Haaretz. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
- ^ "Israeli Olympic profiles: Marhu Teferi - Israel News". Jerusalem Post. 2016-07-31. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Israeli Olympic profiles: Marhu Teferi - Israel News". Jerusalem Post. 2016-07-31. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
- ^ "Resultados: Maratón de Rotterdam (Hombres) | Acicas Runner´s". Acicasrunmex.com. 2006-02-15. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Olympic Athletics Results". providencejournal.com. Associated Press.
- ^ "Drama abounds in all aspects of Tiberias Marathon". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com.
- ^ "Maru TEFERI | Profile". www.worldathletics.org.
- ^ "Israeli Marhu Teferi breaks country's half-marathon record". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com.
- ^ staff, T. O. I. "Setting new Israeli Olympic record, Marhu Teferi finishes 13th in Tokyo marathon". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
External links
- Maru Teferi at World Athletics
- Maru Teferi at European Athletics
- Maru Teferi at Olympics.com
- Maru Teferi at Olympedia
- Maru Teferi at the Olympic Committee of Israel (in Hebrew)
- Maru Teferi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Maru Teferi at The-Sports.org
- Maru Teferi on Instagram
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Ethiopian Jews
- Ethiopian emigrants to Israel
- Citizens of Israel through Law of Return
- Israeli male marathon runners
- Israeli Jews
- Israeli male long-distance runners
- Living people
- Olympic athletes of Israel
- Israeli people of Ethiopian-Jewish descent
- Sportspeople of Ethiopian descent
- 1992 births
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics