Deriba Merga on the way to winning the 2009 Boston Marathon near half way point in Wellesley.
Personal information
Native name
ደርባ መርጋ አጅጉ
Nationality
Ethiopian
Born
(1980-10-26) 26 October 1980 (age 43)
Sport
Sport
Running
Event
Long distance
Deriba Merga Ejigu (Amharic: ደርባ መርጋ አጅጉ; born 26 October 1980) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner. He mainly competes in the marathon. He finished fourth in that event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and went on to win the Boston Marathon the following year. His personal best for the distance is 2:06:38 hours.
He also competes in half marathon races and his time of 59:14 minutes in 2008 was the fastest that year. He won the 2006 Paris Half Marathon and took the gold medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games a year later.
DeribaMerga Ejigu (Amharic: ደርባ መርጋ አጅጉ; born 26 October 1980) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner. He mainly competes in the marathon....
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race in Angola with a new course record of 28:05 and beat countryman DeribaMerga and the Kenyan Josphat Menjo who had run the fastest 10000m of that year...
and was held on April 20. The elite men's race was won by Ethiopia's DeribaMerga in a time of 2:08:42 hours and the women's race was won by Ethiopia's...
Santos (2/2) Samuel Wanjiru (Beijing) OG (1/4) 2009 Was not part of WMM DeribaMerga Samuel Wanjiru (2/4) Haile Gebrselassie (4/4) Samuel Wanjiru (3/4) Meb...
in the following days, and he beat all runners with the exception of DeribaMerga, who went on to win the Great Ethiopian Run that year. He won the Abebe...
Abi Masefield in late October 2000. Yet, course records were broken by DeribaMerga (28:18.61 in 2006) and Yalemzerf Yehualaw (31:55 in 2019) of both men...
broke up the pack; only Desisa, Matebo Omari, Geneti, and 2009 winner DeribaMerga remained, with Gebremariam, Kogo, Raji Assefa, and Korir falling a few...
victory 2008 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot Kenya 2:07:45 Fourth victory 2009 DeribaMerga Ethiopia 2:08:42 2010 Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot Kenya 2:05:52 Course...
Ejigu (born 1985), Ethiopian long-distance runner and world medallist DeribaMerga Ejigu (born 1980), Ethiopian long-distance runner and 2009 winner of...
Patrick Makau Kenya 2011 1 2:03:38 Former marathon world record holder DeribaMerga Ethiopia 2 2:06:39 Greg Meyer United States 2 2:09:00 Won 1983 Boston...
year performance 2007 Succeeded by Shared between Haile Gebrselassie & DeribaMerga Awards and achievements Preceded by Jason Dunford Kenyan Sportsman of...
the World's Best 10K, he finished third with a time of 28:09 behind DeribaMerga and Silas Kipruto. He returned to the Tilburg Ten Miles race in 2008...
the half marathon at the 2007 All-Africa Games, finishing runner-up to DeribaMerga. He returned to the global stage after a long absence at the 2010 IAAF...
Kipsang Kiprotich Sporting positions Preceded by Haile Gebrselassie DeribaMerga Men's Half Marathon Best Year Performance 2009 Succeeded by Zersenay...
Bogotá Half Marathon in a course record time of 1:02:20 hours, beating DeribaMerga by a margin of over two minutes. In November he won the 2011 New York...
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