(1975-05-05) May 5, 1975 (age 48) Asmara, Ethiopia[1]
Height
5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight
127 lb (58 kg)
Website
http://www.marathonmeb.com/
Sport
Country
United States
Event(s)
Marathon, 10,000 m
College team
UCLA Bruins
Club
New York Athletic Club
Coached by
Bob Larsen
Retired
Nov. 2017
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
2000 Sydney
10,000 m - 12th
2004 Athens
Marathon - Silver
2012 London
Marathon - 4th
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Marathon - 33rd
World finals
2001 Edmonton
10,000 m - 23rd
2003 Paris
10,000 m - 16th
National finals
NCAA cross-country NCAA 10,000 m (outdoors) NCAA 5,000 m (indoors) NCAA 5,000 m (outdoors)
Personal bests
Outdoor[2]
1500 m: 3:42.29
Mile: 4:02.79
5000 m: 13:11.77
10,000 m: 27:13.98
Road[2]
Half marathon: 1:01:00
Marathon: 2:08:37
Medal record
Representing United States
Olympic Games
2004 Athens
Marathon
World Cross Country Championships
2001 Ostend
Team
World Marathon Majors
2009 New York City
Marathon
2014 Boston
Marathon
2004 New York City
Marathon
2005 New York City
Marathon
2006 Boston
Marathon
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Mebrahtom "Meb" Keflezighi (/ˈmɛbkəˈflɛzɡi/; (Tigrinya: መብራህቶም ክፍለዝጊ, Mebrāhtōm Kifl'izgī; born May 5, 1975) is a retired American long distance runner. He is the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the marathon and finished in fourth place in the 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the 2009 New York City Marathon on November 1, 2009, and the 2014 Boston Marathon on April 21, 2014, becoming the first American man to win each race since 1982 and 1983, respectively. Keflezighi is a graduate of UCLA, where he won four NCAA championships competing for the UCLA Bruins track and field team. He came in fourth in the 2014 New York City Marathon on November 2, 2014, eighth in the 2015 Boston Marathon on April 20, 2015, and second in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Meb Keflezighi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
^ abAll-Athletics. "Profile of Mebrahtom Keflezighi". Archived from the original on July 9, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
^Chappell, Bill (April 21, 2014). "America's Meb Keflezighi Wins An Emotional Boston Marathon". NPR. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
^Mecham, Dave (anchor) (February 13, 2016). 3-Time Olympic Marathoner Meb Keflezighi Places 2nd at U.S. Olympic Trials in Downtown L.A.KTLA 5 News. KTLA. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
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race, setting a new course record. The men's competition was won by MebKeflezighi (38) of the United States with a time of 2:08:37, marking the first...
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dropped out of the Olympic Trials race with an Achilles tendon injury and MebKeflezighi choosing to focus solely on the marathon. Ritzenhein ran the Olympic...
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Ramaala of South Africa with a time of 2:09:28. The top Americans were MebKeflezighi (2nd, 2:09:53) from California and Jenny Crain (15th, 2:41:06), from...
Events - 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field". www.usatf.org. "Keflezighi, Flanagan run to victory at U.S. Olympic marathon trials". Sports Illustrated...
Invitational. Before that race, the U.S. record was 27:13.98 set by MebKeflezighi, and though Rupp's time was over three seconds faster, he was beaten...
Hermann Gabe Jennings Allen Johnson Curtis Johnson Michael Johnson MebKeflezighi Rich Kenah Brian Lewis (r) Coby Miller Tim Montgomery (r) Antonio Pettigrew...
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Hermann Gabe Jennings Allen Johnson Curtis Johnson Michael Johnson MebKeflezighi Rich Kenah Brian Lewis (r) Coby Miller Tim Montgomery (r) Antonio Pettigrew...
Clent Mericle (USA) won the marathon twice, a performance done by MebKeflezighi (USA) and Feyisa Lilesa (ETH) on the half. For the women, Biruktayit...
and Paula Radcliffe, Olympic marathon medalists Catherine Ndereba, MebKeflezighi, and Deena Kastor, 2008 U.S. Olympic marathoner Dathan Ritzenhein, and...
hockey player 1972 – Mikael Renberg, Swedish ice hockey player 1975 – MebKeflezighi, American runner 1976 – Dieter Brummer, Australian actor (d. 2021) 1976...
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