Deso Gelmisa
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Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||
Born | (1997-12-14) 14 December 1997 (age 26)[1] | ||||||||
Sport | |||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
Event | Marathon | ||||||||
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Personal best(s) | Marathon: 2:04:53 (Valencia 2020)[1] | ||||||||
Medal record
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Sprint finish at Tokyo Marathon in 2023[2] |
Chalu Deso Gelmisa (born 14 December 1997[1]) is a long-distance runner from Ethiopia.[1] He won the 2022 Paris Marathon and the 2023 Tokyo Marathon.[3][4][1]
Career
In 2017, Deso took part in the Route du Vin Half Marathon in Luxembourg, finishing in twelfth place with a time of 1:08:06.[5][1]
In 2019, Deso placed second in the Castellón Marathon.[6][1] He finished with a time of 2:13:12, nearly five minutes behind his compatriot Andualem Belay, who won the marathon.[6] Eight months later, Deso won the 2019 Porto Marathon with a finish time of 2:09:08, nearly two minutes ahead of the second-place finisher.[7][1] He broke away from the other runners about 4 km (2.5 mi) from the finish, and set a personal best by more than three minutes, though he missed breaking the course record by three seconds.[7]
Deso set his personal best at the 2020 Valencia Marathon, which was held during the coronavirus pandemic and restricted to elite athletes.[8][1] His finish time of 2:04:53 placed him sixth on the list of finishers.[9][1] Deso returned to Valencia in later years, finishing second in 2021 with a time of 2:05:16.[10][1] He lost by four seconds in a sprint finish to Kenyan Lawrence Cherono, who passed both Deso and third-place finisher Philemon Kacheran in the last 500 m (1,600 ft) of the race.[11][10] Deso also ran the 2022 Valencia Marathon, placing sixth with a time of 2:04:56, three seconds slower than his personal record.[12][1] He ran with the lead pack for most of the race, which was won by Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum in 2:01:53, the fastest debut marathon time ever.[12]
In 2022, Deso won the Paris Marathon with a time of 2:05:07, sprinting to finish just three seconds ahead of compatriot Seifu Tura, who took second place.[3][1] He ran the Sydney Marathon later that year, taking third place with a time of 2:07:09.[13][1] That year, all three podium finishers had broken the previous Australian all-comers marathon record of 2:07:50.[13]
Deso won the 2023 Tokyo Marathon with a sprint finish, beating compatriot Mohamed Esa by less than a second.[4][1] Both Deso and Esa recorded a time of 2:05:22, and were closely followed by Ethiopian Tsegaye Getachew, whose time of 2:05:25 rounded out an Ethiopian podium sweep.[14][15]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Athletes. Deso Gelmisa". archive.today. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Dramatic Final Stretch In Men's Race At Tokyo Marathon | Ghostarchive". ghostarchive.org.
- ^ a b "Ethiopia's Gelmisa and Kenya's Jeptum triumph at Paris marathon". archive.today. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Deso Gelmisa leads Ethiopian trifecta at Tokyo Marathon". archive.today. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Pol et Martine Mellina derrière les Africains". archive.today. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Los etíopes Andualem Belay y Lemelem Berha ganan el Maratón BP Castellón". archive.today. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Pódio da EDP Maratona do Porto pertenceu aos atletas etíopes numa edição que juntou 78 nacionalidades". archive.today. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Valencia Marathon Elite Edition approves its reduced route with restrictions on crowd numbers". archive.today. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Half marathon record shattered in Valencia". archive.today. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Cherono Jelegat dominates Valencia Marathon". archive.today. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Valencia Marathon 2021". archive.today. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Kiptum and Beriso break course records in Valencia". archive.today. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Moses Kibet wins Sydney marathon in record time on Australian soil". archive.today. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Gelmisa triumphs in thrilling sprint and Wanjiru stars at Tokyo Marathon". archive.today. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Tokyo Marathon 2023. Wanjiru Gelmisa". archive.today. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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External links
- Deso Gelmisa at World Athletics
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- 1976: Jean-Pierre Eudier (FRA)
- 1977: Gérard Métayer (FRA)
- 1978: Gilbert Coutant (FRA)
- 1979: Fernand Kolbeck (FRA)
- 1980: Sylvain Cacciatore (FRA)
- 1981: Dave Cannon (GBR) and Ron Tabb (USA)
- 1982: Ian Thompson (GBR)
- 1983: Jacky Boxberger (FRA)
- 1984: Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI)
- 1985: Jacky Boxberger (FRA)
- 1986: Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI)
- 1987: Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)
- 1988: Manuel Matias (POR)
- 1989: Steve Brace (GBR)
- 1990: Steve Brace (GBR)
- 1991: Not held
- 1992: Luis Soares (POR)
- 1993: Leszek Bebło (POL)
- 1994: Saïd Ermili (MAR)
- 1995: Domingos Castro (POR)
- 1996: Henrique Crisostomo (POR)
- 1997: John Kemboi (KEN)
- 1998: Jackson Kabiga (KEN)
- 1999: Julius Rutto (KEN)
- 2000: Mohamed Ouaadi (FRA)
- 2001: Simon Biwott (KEN)
- 2002: Benoît Zwierzchiewski (FRA)
- 2003: Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)
- 2004: Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)
- 2005: Salim Kipsang (KEN)
- 2006: Gashaw Asfaw (ETH)
- 2007: Shami Mubarak (QAT)
- 2008: Tsegaye Kebede (ETH)
- 2009: Vincent Kipruto (KEN)
- 2010: Tadese Tola (ETH)
- 2011: Benjamin Kiptoo (KEN)
- 2012: Stanley Biwott (KEN)
- 2013: Peter Some (KEN)
- 2014: Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
- 2015: Mark Korir (KEN)
- 2016: Cyprian Kotut (KEN)
- 2017: Paul Lonyangata (KEN)
- 2018: Paul Lonyangata (KEN)
- 2019: Abrha Milaw (ETH)
- 2020: cancelled
- 2021: Elisha Rotich (KEN)
- 2022: Deso Gelmisa (ETH)