Guye Adola Idemo (born 20 October 1990) is an Ethiopian
long-distance runner
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who specialises in the
half marathon
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.
Born in
Adola
Adola is one of the Aanaas in the Oromia of Ethiopia. It is part of former Adolana Wadera woreda what was divided for Adola, Girja and Wadera woredas and Adola town. Part of the Guji Zone, Adolana Wadera was bordered on the south by Liben, on t ...
in Ethiopia's
Oromiya Region, he began training with
Gianni Demadonna
Gianni Demadonna (born 14 June 1954) is a former Italian male long-distance runner who competed at five editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships (from 1977 to 1987). He also won a national championship
A national championship(s) i ...
's group and came to prominence in 2014. His first high level race was the
Marrakech Half Marathon
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in January that year, which he won in a best of 61:26 minutes. He then placed fourth at the Ethiopian half marathon championships.
His international debut shortly followed and he was Ethiopia's best performer at the
2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships took place on March 29, 2014. The races were held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The essentially flat one-loop course was beginning and ending in the city centre by Christiansborg Castle.
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, taking the individual bronze medal in a personal best of 59:21 minutes to lead the Ethiopian men to third in the team competition. Following his first major medals, he ran on the circuit and took third at the
Giro Media Blenio
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in Switzerland and the
Luanda Half Marathon in Angola. He won the 2014
Delhi Half Marathon
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in New Delhi with his personal best of 59:06.
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Guye takes the crown at ADHM 2014
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In his marathon debut in the 2017 Berlin Marathon he challenged Eliud Kipchoge
Eliud Kipchoge ( ; born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized at the 5000 metre distance. Widely regarded as the greatest marathon runner of all time, he is the 2016 and 2020 ...
and came second with a finishing time of 2:03:46, the fastest marathon-debut ever.
In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships
The 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships, originally scheduled for 29 March 2020 in Gdynia, Poland, was postponed until 17 October 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
On , the mass participation race was cancelled, while the elite ...
held in Gdynia, Poland.
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Living people
1990 births
Ethiopian male long-distance runners
Sportspeople from Oromia Region
Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
African Games competitors for Ethiopia
Berlin Marathon male winners
21st-century Ethiopian people