Tesfaye Jifar (Amharic: ተስፋዬ ጅፋር) born April 23, 1976) is a male Ethiopian long-distance runner.
Jifar won the New York City Marathon in 2001, his time of 2:07:43 standing as the course record for ten years. The same year he was second at the Tokyo Marathon[1] and won the Saint Silvester Marathon held in Brazil. At the Amsterdam Marathon in 1999 he was second and broke the Ethiopian record held by Belayneh Dinsamo. Jifar's time of 2:06:49 hours remains his personal record.
Tesfaye Jifar is a three-time medalist from IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, he won bronze in 1999 and 2000 and silver in 2001.
At the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton Jifar finished seventh in the marathon race.
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TesfayeJifar (Amharic: ተስፋዬ ጅፋር) born April 23, 1976) is a male Ethiopian long-distance runner. Jifar won the New York City Marathon in 2001, his time...
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and 6 seconds (4:46 per mile pace), breaking the course record set by TesfayeJifar of Ethiopia in 2001, and repeated his performance at the 2013 New York...
place on Sunday, November 3. The men's elite race was won by Ethiopia's TesfayeJifar in a time of 2:07:43 hours while the women's race was won in 2:24:21...
on November 4, less than two months after the September 11 attacks. TesfayeJifar of Ethiopia set a new course record of 2:07:43, a mark that stood until...
Road Race, becoming only the second Ethiopian to win the race after TesfayeJifar. He guaranteed his selection for the 2012 London Olympics with a 10...
António Pinto Portugal 2:09:10 8 Mark Steinle United Kingdom 2:09:17 9 TesfayeJifar Ethiopia 2:09:50 10 Mohamed El Hattab Morocco 2:11:50 11 Michael Buchleitner...
2:07:11 Paul Tergat Kenya 2:08:15 António Pinto Portugal 2:09:36 4 TesfayeJifar Ethiopia 2:09:45 5 Japhet Kosgei Kenya 2:10:45 6 Mark Steinle England...
Ethiopia 1:00:03 PB TesfayeJifar Ethiopia 1:00:04 PB John Yuda Tanzania 1:00:12 PB 4 Hendrick Ramaala South Africa 1:00:15 5 Tesfaye Tola Ethiopia 1:00:24...
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