Sisay Lemma Kasaye (born 12 December 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.

Career

Sisay Lemma began his running career at the age of 17 and initially competed barefoot due to a lack of running shoes. In 2012, he won the Maratona d’Italia. In 2013, he was fifth in the

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, won the Orlen Warsaw Marathon and finished fourth at the

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. In 2015, he was fifth at the

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in January in 2:07:06, won the Vienna City Marathon in April in 2:07:31 and the

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in October where he ran a personal best of 2:06:26. In 2016 he improved his best to 2:05:16 at the Dubai Marathon where he finished fourth. In 2017 he was third at the Dubai Marathon in January and fourth at the Chicago Marathon in October but did not finish the Boston Marathon in April. In 2018 he began the season with fifth-place finish at the Dubai Marathon on 26 January with a personal best 2:04:08. In October, he broke the Ljubljana Marathon record with time 2:04:58. He finished third at the 2019 Berlin Marathon, improving his personal best to 2:03:36. In 2020, he finished third at the Tokyo Marathon on 1 March in 2:04:51. At the 2020 London Marathon, he finished in third place with a time of 2.05:45. Sisay won the 2021 London Marathon, in a time of 2.04.01.

Personal bests

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References

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* Ethiopian male marathon runners 1990 births Living people Frankfurt Marathon male winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ethiopia Olympic male marathon runners London Marathon male winners 21st-century Ethiopian people {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub