Chalu Deso Gelmisa (born ) is a

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from

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. He won the 2022

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and the

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Career

In 2017, Deso took part in the

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, finishing in twelfth place with a time of 1:08:06. In 2019, Deso placed second in the Castellón Marathon. He finished with a time of 2:13:12, nearly five minutes behind his compatriot Andualem Belay, who won the marathon. Eight months later, Deso won the 2019

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with a finish time of 2:09:08, nearly two minutes ahead of the second-place finisher. He broke away from the other runners about from the finish, and set a personal best by more than three minutes, though he missed breaking the course record by three seconds. Deso set his personal best at the 2020

Valencia Marathon The Valencia Marathon (also known as Marathon Valencia Trinidad Alfonso EDP for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon road running event hosted by Valencia, Spain since 1981. It is categorized as a Platinum Label Road Race by World Athletic ...

, which was held during the

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and restricted to elite athletes. His finish time of 2:04:53 placed him sixth on the list of finishers. Deso returned to Valencia in later years, finishing second in 2021 with a time of 2:05:16. He lost by four seconds in a sprint finish to Kenyan

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, who passed both Deso and third-place finisher Philemon Kacheran in the last of the race. Deso also ran the 2022 Valencia Marathon, placing sixth with a time of 2:04:56, three seconds slower than his personal record. 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. In 2022, Deso won the

with a time of 2:05:07, sprinting to finish just three seconds ahead of compatriot

Seifu Tura Seifu Tura Abdiwak (born ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He won the 2021 Chicago Marathon and placed second at the 2022 Chicago Marathon. Career Seifu Tura originally specialized in middle-distance running, having won the 3000 m event o ...

, who took second place. He ran the Sydney Marathon later that year, taking third place with a time of 2:07:09. That year, all three

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finishers had broken the previous Australian all-comers marathon record of 2:07:50. Deso won the

with a sprint finish, beating compatriot Mohamed Esa by less than a second. Both Deso and Esa recorded a time of 2:05:22, and were closely followed by Ethiopian

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, whose time of 2:05:25 rounded out an Ethiopian

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deso Gelmisa, Chalu 1997 births Living people 21st-century Ethiopian people Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male marathon runners Paris Marathon male winners Tokyo Marathon male winners