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Alemu Megertu (born 12 October 1997) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She finished third and second at the 2022 and 2023 London Marathon respectively. She competed in the women's marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.




Career


In 2019, Alemu Megertu won the women's race at the Rome Marathon held in Italy. She also set a new course record of 2:22:52.
In 2020, she finished in fifth place in the women's race at the 2020 London Marathon in United Kingdom.
In February 2022, she won the Zurich Seville Marathon in Seville, Spain in a course record and personal best time of 2:18:51. Megertu secured her first medal at a World Marathon Major at the 2022 London Marathon in October, with a bronze in a new lifetime best of 2:18:32.




Personal bests


Half marathon – 1:06:43 (Copenhagen 2019)
Marathon – 2:18:32 (London 2022)




References






External links


Alemu Megertu at World Athletics
Alemu Megertu at Olympics.com

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Etiopia pada Olimpiade Musim Panas 2024
• Alemu Megertu
• Ethiopia at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Seville Marathon
• 2024 World Athletics Rankings
• Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon
• 2023 London Marathon
• Marathon
• 2023 World Athletics Rankings
• Sifan Hassan
• 25K run