Roza Dereje

Roza Dereje Bekele (born 9 May 1997) is an Ethiopian marathon runner.

Roza Dereje Bekele
Personal information
Born (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997
Sport
CountryEthiopia
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long-distance running

Career

In 2016 and 2017 she won the Shanghai Marathon.

In 2018, she won the Dubai Marathon in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with a time of 2:19:17 which was a new course record at the time. The following year Ruth Chepngetich set a new course record of 2:17:08.

In 2019, she finished in 3rd place in the London Marathon.[1] In 2019, she also won the Valencia Marathon and she also set a new course record of 2:18:30.[2] She also competed in the women's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[3] She did not finish her race.[3]

She finished in 4th place in the women's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Ethiopia
2016 H.C. Andersen Marathon Odense, Denmark 1st Marathon 2:31:16
Shanghai Marathon Shanghai, China 1st Marathon 2:26:18
2017 Shanghai Marathon Shanghai, China 1st Marathon 2:22:43
2018 Dubai Marathon Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1st Marathon 2:19:17
Chicago Marathon Chicago, United States 2nd Marathon 2:21:18
2019 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 3rd Marathon 2:20:51
World Championships Doha, Qatar – Marathon DNF
Valencia Marathon Valencia, Spain 1st Marathon 2:18:30
2021 Olympic Games Sapporo, Japan 4th Marathon 2:28:38

References
  1. Pavitt, Michael (28 April 2019). "Kipchoge clocks second fastest time in history to win fourth London Marathon title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. McGuire, Jane (3 December 2019). "All the records broken at the Valencia Marathon". Runner's World. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. "Marathon Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 28 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. "Athletics - DEREJE Roza". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
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