Sisay Lemma

Sisay Lemma during the Vienna City Marathon 2015 at km 10 (Opera)
Running his personal best in Frankfurt.

Sisay Lemma Kasaye (born 12 December 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.[1]

Lemma began his running career at the age of 17 and initially competed barefoot due to a lack of running shoes.[2]

In 2012, he won the Maratona d’Italia. In 2013, he was fifth in the Tiberias Marathon, won the Orlen Warsaw Marathon and finished the Eindhoven Marathon as fourth.[3]

In 2015, he was fifth at the Dubai Marathon and won the Vienna City Marathon [4] and the Frankfurt Marathon, where he improved his personal best to 2:06:26.[5][6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sisay Lemma (Ethiopia)" (PDF). dubaimarathon.org. Dubai Marathon. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Pavitt, Michael (15 October 2015). "Sisay Lemma Kasaye and Koren Jelela named as late additions to Frankfurt Marathon elite fields". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sisay Lemma Kasaya wins Warsaw marathon". Radio Poland. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  4. ↑ IAAF: Lemma and Neuenschwander take the honours at the Vienna City Marathon. April 12, 2015
  5. ↑ Frankfurt Marathon: Arne Gabius bricht deutschen Rekord mit 2:08:33 Stunden, Äthiopier Sisay Lemma und Gulume Tollesa siegen in Frankfurt October 25, 2015
  6. ↑ "Lemma and Tollesa Achieve Historic Ethiopian Double at Frankfurt Marathon". IAAF. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2016.


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