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Feyisa Lilesa
Sex: Male. Birthdate: 02/01/1990 (21 years old)
Country: Ethiopia
Location: Ethiopia
Feyisa Lilesa is a male long-distance runner from Ethiopia. He became the youngest man to run under 2:06 hours when he set his personal best (2:05:23) in the men's marathon at the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon. This makes him the third fastest Ethiopian runner ever over the distance. He won the Dublin Marathon in 2009 in his debut race and then won the Xiamen International Marathon in 2010. He was the bronze medalist at the 2011 World Championships Marathon. He began 2012 with a significant improvement in the half marathon, taking the Houston Half Marathon title with a course record time of 59:22 minutes. He entered the RAK Half Marathon the following month but was two minutes slower and ended the race in fifth place. He came third at the New York City Half Marathon in March. At the World 10K Bangalore he again missed the podium, falling back to fourth in the latter stages. He did not make the Ethiopian team for the 2012 Summer Olympics and that July he was runner-up at the Bogotá Half Marathon.

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