Lemi Berhanu Hayle, also known as Berhanu Lemi, (
Amharic: ለሚ ብርሃኑ ኃይሌ ; born 13 September 1994) is an Ethiopian
long-distance runner who specialises in the
marathon. He competed in the
marathon event at the
2015 World Championships in Athletics
The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...
in Beijing, China, placing 15th. His personal best of 2:04:33 hours, set in 2015, ranks him in the world's top 15 athletes for the distance (as of 2016). In April 2016, he won the
Boston Marathon.
Career
Lemi ran his debut marathon in 2014 and his time of 2:10:40 hours made him the winner at the
Zürich Marathon. The following year he entered the
Dubai Marathon
The Dubai Marathon is an annual road-based marathon hosted by Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since 1998. The marathon is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athletics.
History
Initial era
The inaugural Dubai Marathon was held ...
and surprised the high quality field by winning in a time of 2:05:28 hours – five minutes faster than he had run before to beat Boston Marathon champion
Lelisa Desisa
Lelisa Desisa Benti (born 14 January 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in road running competitions. Desisa gained his first international medal at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, where he took the 10,000 ...
and
Chicago Marathon
The Chicago Marathon is a marathon (long-distance foot race) held every October in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the six World Marathon Majors. Thus, it is also a World Athletics Label Road Race. The Chicago Marathon is the fourth-largest r ...
runner-up
Feyisa Lilesa
Feyisa Lilesa (Afaan Oromo: Fayyisaa Leellisaa; born 1 February 1990) is an Oromo long-distance runner from Ethiopia. He became the youngest man to run under 2:06 when he ran 2:05:23 in the men's marathon at the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon. He se ...
. The prize winnings of US$200,000 represented a significant change of fortunes for the athlete and he remarked "I really don’t know what I will do with it". He made it three consecutive wins at the distance by topping the podium at the
Orlen Warsaw Marathon in 2:07:57 hours later that season.
After losing his winning streak on his international debut at the
2015 World Championships in Athletics
The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...
, he returned to defend his Dubai title in 2016 and gave a strong effort with a personal best of 2:04:33 hours. However, he lost out in a
sprint finish
In sport, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time. Typically this involves traversing some distance, but it can be any other task involving speed to reach a specific goa ...
with
Tesfaye Abera
Tesfaye Abera Dibaba (born 31 March 1992) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathons. His personal best of 2:04:24 hours ranks him in the all-time top ten, as of 2016. He has won marathons in Dubai, Hamburg and Mumbai. He t ...
and finished in second place, nine seconds in arrears. Lemi won the
2016 Boston Marathon in a time of 2:12:45, confirming his place among the world's top distance runners.
Lemi Berhanu Hayle wins 2016 Boston Marathon men’s division race
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International competitions
Circuit wins
* Zürich Marathon: 2014
*Dubai Marathon
The Dubai Marathon is an annual road-based marathon hosted by Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since 1998. The marathon is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athletics.
History
Initial era
The inaugural Dubai Marathon was held ...
: 2015
* Orlen Warsaw Marathon: 2015
* Boston Marathon: 2016
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* Xiamen International Marathon: 2017
*Hengshui Lake Marathon: 2018
References
External links
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1994 births
Living people
Ethiopian male long-distance runners
Ethiopian male marathon runners
World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia
Place of birth missing (living people)
Boston Marathon male winners