Sisay Lemma
Sisay Lemma Kasaye (born 12 December 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.[1]
Lemma began his running career at the age of 17 and initially competed barefoot due to a lack of running shoes.[2]
In 2012, he won the Maratona d’Italia. In 2013, he was fifth in the Tiberias Marathon, won the Orlen Warsaw Marathon and finished the Eindhoven Marathon as fourth.[3]
In 2015, he was fifth at the Dubai Marathon and won the Vienna City Marathon [4] and the Frankfurt Marathon, where he ran a personal best.[5][6]
In 2016 he lowered his best to 2:05:16 in Dubai.He was the third at the 2019 berlin marathon, and he set a new personal record.2:03:36.
In 2018 he started the season with a personal best at the Dubai Marathon with a 2:04:08, placing 5th. In October, he then broke the Ljubljana Marathon record with time 2:04:58 [7].
References
- ^ "Sisay Lemma (Ethiopia)" (PDF). dubaimarathon.org. Dubai Marathon. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (15 October 2015). "Sisay Lemma Kasaye and Koren Jelela named as late additions to Frankfurt Marathon elite fields". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "Sisay Lemma Kasaya wins Warsaw marathon". Radio Poland. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ IAAF: Lemma and Neuenschwander take the honours at the Vienna City Marathon. April 12, 2015
- ^ Frankfurt Marathon: Arne Gabius bricht deutschen Rekord mit 2:08:33 Stunden, Äthiopier Sisay Lemma und Gulume Tollesa siegen in Frankfurt Archived 2015-10-27 at the Wayback Machine October 25, 2015
- ^ "Lemma and Tollesa Achieve Historic Ethiopian Double at Frankfurt Marathon". IAAF. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "23rd Ljubljana Marathon: Ethiopian Lemma Kasaye and Kenian Visiline Jepkesho broke the record". 28 October 2018.
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