Lelisa Desisa Benti, male winner of 2013 Boston Marathon, almost at the end of the Wellesley College scream tunnel.
Personal information
Nationality
Ethiopian
Born
(1990-01-14) 14 January 1990 (age 34) Shewa, Oromia, Ethiopia
Sport
Sport
Athletics
Event
Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
10,000 m: 27:11.98 (Hengelo 2012)
Half marathon: 59:30 (New Delhi 2011)
Marathon: 2:04:45 (Dubai 2013)
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Ethiopia
World Championships
2019 Doha
Marathon
2013 Moscow
Marathon
All-Africa Games
2011 Maputo
Half marathon
African Junior Championships
2009 Bambous
10,000 m
World Marathon Majors
2018 New York
Marathon
2015 Boston
Marathon
2013 Boston
Marathon
2019 Boston
Marathon
2016 Boston
Marathon
2014 New York
Marathon
2017 New York
Marathon
2015 New York
Marathon
Lelisa Desisa Benti (born 14 January 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in road running competitions. Desisa gained his first international medal at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, where he took the 10,000 metres gold medal.[1]
^Ouma, Mark (31 July 2009). African Junior champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 27 November 2010.
LelisaDesisa Benti (born 14 January 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in road running competitions. Desisa gained his first international...
Marathon Majors to be held in 2013 with over 23,000 runners participating. LelisaDesisa won the men's race with a time of 2:10:22, and Rita Jeptoo won the women's...
April 20 (Patriots' Day in Massachusetts). The men's race was won by LelisaDesisa from Ethiopia in a time of 2:09:17. Caroline Rotich of Kenya won the...
Sandy Stephen Kiprotich (London) OG (1/2) 2013 Dennis Kimetto (1/3) LelisaDesisa (1/4) Tsegaye Kebede (3/3) Wilson Kipsang (2/5) Dennis Kimetto (2/3)...
which is organised by New York Road Runners. The men's race was won by LelisaDesisa, who held off a late challenge at the finish by Shura Kitata. The women's...
seconds ahead of 2nd-place finisher Wilson Kipsang. In 3rd place was LelisaDesisa with a time of 2:11:32. On the women's side, the winner was Shalane...
that three top distance runners — Eliud Kipchoge, Zersenay Tadese, and LelisaDesisa — had agreed to forgo the spring marathon season to work with the company...
and third-place finishers Tsegaye and Chepkirui with two miles to go. LelisaDesisa, who won Boston in 2013 and 2015, and 21-year-old Lemi Berhanu Hayle...
official marathon records by the IAAF. The runners started off on pace, but Desisa fell off the pace about 16km in, and Tadese followed around 20km. Kipchoge...
outing of the year he ended the Delhi Half Marathon as runner-up to LelisaDesisa after a sprint finish, although his time of 59:31 minutes made him the...
that would aid in accomplishing the feat. The three runners included LelisaDesisa, Eliud Kipchoge, and Zersenay Tadese. Eliud Kipchoge won the race with...
out-sprinted two-time Boston winner and World Championship Silver medalist LelisaDesisa on the final block of Boylston Street. On 13 October 2019, Cherono won...
personal best at the Delhi Half Marathon and won the race by out-kicking LelisaDesisa. He earned a place on the World Cross team with a victory at the Kenyan...
Qatar. Stephen finished 18th in 2:15:04 in a race won by Ethiopia's LelisaDesisa. Kiprotich's next marathon was in April 2021 when he finished fifth...
Zersenay Tadese (then world record holder in the half marathon) and LelisaDesisa (2-time Boston Marathon winner), attempted the first sub-two-hour assisted...
World Marathon Major, the New York City Marathon. He came second behind LelisaDesisa by just two seconds to set a time of 2:06:01, the third fastest time...
Wesley Korir Kenya 2:12:40 2013 LelisaDesisa Ethiopia 2:10:22 2014 Meb Keflezighi United States 2:08:37 2015 LelisaDesisa Ethiopia 2:09:17 Second victory...
and Brigid Kosgei were awarded third place on a race director's vote. LelisaDesisa was awarded second place on a race director's vote. World Marathon Majors...
(personal best of 2:04:40), Lawrence Cherono (personal best of 2:04:06), LelisaDesisa, winner in 2015 and whose personal best was 2:04:45, and Hiroto Inoue...
Championship record Men 2:06:54 Abel Kirui (2009) Women 2:20:57 Paula Radcliffe (2005) Reigning champion Men LelisaDesisa (ETH) Women Ruth Chepngetich (KEN)...
event, run under a heavy fog, was also very fast. The Ethiopian winner LelisaDesisa, won in a sprint finish of the last 200 meters with a time of 2:04:45...
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