Kelkile Gezahegn Explained

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.

Career

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.

Personal Best

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/chongqing-marathon-liu-woldaregay
  2. http://onlineethiopia.net/2016/09/ethiopians-athletes-sweep-top-titles-hengshui-lake-marathon-2016/
  3. https://www.watchathletics.com/article/10012/results-rotterdam-marathon-2017/
  4. http://live.frankfurt-marathon.com/2018/?content=detail&fpid=search&pid=search&idp=0000170AEF467100006107CB&lang=EN&event=L_9999990AEF466E000000028C&search%5Bfirstname%5D=Kelkile&search_event=ALL_EVENT_GROUP_2017
  5. https://results.sporthive.com/events/6386505967023513344/races/419161/bib/8
  6. https://www.iaaf.org/news/preview/lanzhou-marathon-2018
  7. http://live.frankfurt-marathon.com/2018/?content=detail&fpid=search&pid=search&idp=0000170AEF46730000629775&lang=EN&event=L_9999990AEF467100000002F0&search%5Bfirstname%5D=Kelkile&search_event=ALL_EVENT_GROUP_2018