Tadelech Bekele

Ethiopian long-distance runner

Tadelech Bekele
Personal information

Born	(1991-04-11) 11 April 1991 (age 33)
Sport
Country	Ethiopia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long-distance running

Tadelech Bekele (born 11 April 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.

Career

In 2012, she won the České Budějovice Half Marathon with a time of 1:10:54. In this year she also won the Prague Grand Prix with a time of 15:48, the last year that the Prague Grand Prix was a five kilometres run for women.

In 2014, she won the Berlin Half Marathon with a time of 1:10:05. In 2017 and 2018 she won the Amsterdam Marathon.^[1]

In the Berlin Marathon she finished in 4th place in both the 2014 Berlin Marathon and the 2015 Berlin Marathon.

In the 2018 London Marathon she finished in 3rd place with a time of 2:21:40.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ethiopia
2012	České Budějovice Half Marathon	České Budějovice, Czech Republic	1st	Half marathon	1:10:54
2012	Prague Grand Prix	Prague, Czech Republic	1st	5,000 m	15:48
2014	Berlin Half Marathon	Berlin, Germany	1st	Half marathon	1:10:05
2014	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	4th	Marathon	2:23:02
2015	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	4th	Marathon	2:25:01
2017	Amsterdam Marathon	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1st	Marathon	2:21:54
2018	Amsterdam Marathon	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1st	Marathon	2:23:14
2018	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	3rd	Marathon	2:21:40

References

^ "Keniaan Cherono wint marathon van Amsterdam in recordtijd". NU.nl (in Dutch). 21 October 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
^ Morgan, Liam (22 April 2018). "Kipchoge and Cheruiyot seal victories at London Marathon as weather ensures world records remain unchallenged". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 December 2019.