Kelkile Gezahegn Woldaregay | |
Nationality: | Ethiopian |
Birth Date: | 1996 10, df=y |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Marathon |
Kelkile Gezahegn Woldaregay (born 1 October 1996) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who is specialized in marathon.
In 2016 Kelkile won three marathon competitions in China: in Chongqing (2:10:52),[1] Hengshui (2:11:11) [2] and Hefei (2:08:54).
In 2017 he improved his personal best twice, first at the Rotterdam Marathon in April where he finished sixth in 2:07:29 [3] and in October when he finished second at the Frankfurt Marathon in 2:06:55.[4]
In 2018 he improved his personal best to 2:05:56 at the Rotterdam Marathon, finishing third.[5] He won the Lanzhou Marathon in June in 2:11:00 [6] and the Frankfurt Marathon in October in 2:06:37.[7]
He began the 2019 season with a sixth place finish in the Dubai Marathon in January, clocking 2:06:09. He won the Ljubljana Marathon in October in 2:07:29.
In 2020 he won the Houston Marathon with a time of 2:08:36.