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Worknesh Degefa (Amharic: ወርቅነሽ ደገፋ; born October 28, 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance road runner. As of April 2019 [update] , she is the fourth-fastest female marathoner in history, [2] based on her 2:17:41 run at the Dubai Marathon , January 25, 2019. [3]
Oct 28, 1990 · Worknesh DEGEFA, Ethiopia - Marathon
Worknesh Degefa is the Ethiopian record holder in the marathon and the 2019 Boston Marathon champion. Defega won her Boston Marathon debut after running away from the lead pack early and then holding off Kenya’s Edna Kiplagat through the final miles.
Apr 15, 2019 · Worknesh Degefa, a 28-year-old from Assela, Ethiopia, took the lead in the fourth mile of the Boston Marathon, opened up a gap that reached almost three minutes at mile 18, and pushed all the way ...
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Worknesh Degefa is an Ethiopian long-distance road runner. As of April 2019, she is the fourth-fastest female marathoner in history, based on her 2:17:41 run at the Dubai Marathon, January 25, 2019. The winner of the race in Dubai was Ruth Chepngetich, who holds the third-best marathon time. Degefa had won Dubai in 2017 in 2:22:36. She returned in 2018 to run 2:19:53, finishing fourth behind ...
Dec 3, 2023 · Sisay Lemma set a course record of 2:01:48 to move to fourth on the men’s world all-time list, while Worknesh Degefa ran a PB of 2:15:51 to win the women’s race and complete an Ethiopian double at the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso – a World Athletics Elite Platinum Label event – on Sunday (3). As scheduled, the men's race kicked ...
Jan 24, 2020 · Worknesh Degefa continued her great form in Dubai as she clinched the women’s title with a time of 2:19.37, while in the men’s section Olika Adugna Bikila emerged victorious with a time of 2:06.15 in a strong field featuring major city marathon winners and athletes with more than 35 international wins between them.
