Marhu Teferi (or Teferi Marhu, he, מארו טפרי; born August 17, 1992) is an Ethiopian-born

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

and

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runner, silver medallist in marathon at the

2022 European Athletics Championships The 2022 European Athletics Championships were the 25th edition of the European Athletics Championships and were held in Munich, Germany, from 15 to 21 August 2022. They were part of the European Championships, a multi-sport tournament which brin ...

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. He represented

at the

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in the

Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

. He also represented

at the

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. He has set

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in both the marathon and half marathon.

Biography

Marhu Teferi was born in

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

to a family of Ethiopian-Jewish background, and

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at the age of 14 along with most of his family. His wife Selamawit Dagnachew is an Ethiopian-born and an

citizen Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection". Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...

on account of their marriage, is a mid- and long-distance runner who has also qualified to compete for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Running career

Teferi is an Israeli

champion, having won the title in December 2015, ahead of Berihun We've and Israeli Olympian

Ageze Guadie Ageze Guadie ( he, גואדה אגזה; born September 11, 1989) is an Ethiopian-born Israeli Olympic marathon runner. Early and personal life Born in Ethiopia, he is an Ethiopian Jew (Beta Israel The Beta Israel ( he, בֵּיתֶא יִש ...

. Due to his 2:18.19 finish in the

Rotterdam Marathon The Rotterdam Marathon, currently branded NN Rotterdam Marathon, is an annual marathon that has been held in Rotterdam, Netherlands since 1981. It has been held in April every year since the third edition in 1984 and attracts many top athletes. ...

in April 2016, in which he came in 23rd, he qualified for the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

. He competed for

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in the marathon, and finished 74th out of 155 runners, with a time of 2:21:06. In January 2018, Teferi finished in second place (2:18.35) at the Tiberias Marathon. In August 2018, he ran a 2:13:00 and broke the Israeli marathon record (set in 2003 by

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), while coming in seventh in the

2018 European Athletics Championships The 2018 European Athletics Championships were held in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018. The championships were part of the first European Championships with other events happening in the United Kingdom. For the second Championships in a ...

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. In February 2019 he ran the

Seville Marathon The Zurich Seville Marathon is a marathon held annually in the streets of Seville since 1985. It is organized by the department of sports of the town hall and sponsored by both public and private organizations. It was used as a host of the 1999 Wor ...

in 2:10:11 in

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. In April 2019 Teferi set a new Israeli half-marathon record at 1:02:05, winning a race in Berlin. On 27 October 2019, Teferi ran the

Frankfurt Marathon The Frankfurt Marathon (official name as of 2016: Mainova Frankfurt Marathon, until 2015: BMW Frankfurt Marathon, until 2010: Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon) is a marathon which has taken place every year in Frankfurt am Main since its inception i ...

in 2:08:09 in

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, setting a new Israeli record and finishing in 6th place. Teferi represented Israel at the 2020 Olympics, where he finished 13th, the best ever finish for an Israeli marathoner at the Olympics. In August 2022, at the

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in Munich, Teferi won the silver medal for Israel in the individual marathon competition.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Teferi, Marhu Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Ethiopian Jews Ethiopian emigrants to Israel Citizens of Israel through Law of Return Israeli male marathon runners Israeli Jews Israeli male long-distance runners Living people Olympic athletes of Israel Israeli people of Ethiopian-Jewish descent Sportspeople of Ethiopian descent 1992 births Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists

Biography

Running career

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