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Leonard Barsoton

Victor Kiplangat

Birhanu Legese

Kebede Wami

Alfred Ngeno

Abel Sikowo (PACE)

Abdisa Tola

Benard Cheptoch (PACE)

WOMEN

F2. Ashete Bekere

F3. Desi Jisa

F4. Zeineba Yimer

F5. Anchalem Haymanot

F6. Mercyline Chelangat

F7. Faith Chepkoech

F8. Tigist Getnet

F9. Obse Abdeta

F10. Fotyen Tesfay

1.	Leonard Barsoton	KEN/1994
Leonard made name by winning two silver medals in World Cross and an African Cross title. In recent years he switched to the roads proving to do well by lowering his PB to 59:09 in Valencia in 2019, clocking the 10th fastest time of 2019. In 2020 he represented Kenya at the World Championships Half Marathon in Gdynia, where he finished in 6th position. Only 2 seconds behind 5th placer Andamlak Belihu. https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/leonard-barsoton-14479181
2021	Istanbul Half Marathon		5th	59:59
2020	World Championships Half Marathon		6th	59:34
2019	Tata Steel Kolkata 25km		1st	1:13:05
2019	Valencia Half Marathon		4th	59:09
2017	Copenhagen Half Marathon		5th	59:28
2017	World Cross Championships		2nd
2016	World Best 10k		2nd	27:42
2015	All African Games 10.000m		2nd	27:27.55
2014	African Championships Cross		1st
2013	World Championships Cross		2nd

2.	Victor Kiplangat	UGA/1999
The reigning Commonwealth Champion in the marathon after his victory in Birmingham in July 2022. Before that he made his debut on the marathon distance in Hamburg clocking 2:05:09 making him the second fastest Ugandan ever behind teammate Stephen Kissa. As a youngster from a mountain running background he won the World Mountain running junior title and also on senior level won medals there. After that he joined the GSC in Kapchorwa (Uganda) to train with Joshua Cheptegei among others and started improving on his 63’ half marathon PB, currently 59:26 set in Delhi 2020. https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/uganda/victor-kiplangat-14760499

2022	Commonwealth Games Marathon		1st	2:10:55
2022	Hamburg Marathon		4th	2:05:09
2021	Istanbul Marathon		1st	2:10:18
2020	Delhi Half Marathon		7th	59:26
2020	World Half Marathon Championships, Gdynia		16th	60:29
2019	Paderborn Half Marathon		1st	61:45
2018	World U20 Championships 10,000m		6th	28:42.77
2017	World Cross Country Championships, Junior race		19th

3.	Birhanu Legese	ETH/1994
Birhanu Legese won Tokyo Marathon twice (2019 and 2020) and has a PB of 2:02:48 set in Berlin Marathon 2018. Is training in the group of Mersha Asrat in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/birhanu-legese-14554061
2022	London Marathon		6th	2:06:11
2021	London Marathon		5th	2:06:10
2020	Valencia Marathon		3rd	2:03:16
2020	Tokyo Marathon		1st	2:04:15
2019	Berlin Marathon		2nd	2:02:48
2019	Bangalore 10km		3rd	28:23
2019	Tokyo Marathon		1st	2:04:48
2018	Kolkata 25k		1st	1:15:48
2018	Bangalore 10k		2nd	28:38
2017	Delhi Half Marathon		1st	59:46
2015	Delhi Half Marathon		1st	59:20
2013	Bangalore 10km		3rd	28:16

4.	Kebede Wami	ETH/1996
Kebede Wami lives and trains in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and is trained by coach Tessema Abshero. He is the nephew of 2:04 runner Ayele Abshero. In his running has the peculiar style to lag behind a bit early in the race as if he is dropping off. https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/kabede-wami-14808202
2022	Barcelona Marathon		3rd	2:06:03
2021	Rotterdam Marathon		6th	2:06:27
2021	Siena Marathon		5th	2:06:32
2020	Mumbai Marathon		8th	2:10:04

WOMEN

F2.		Ashete Bekere	ETH /1988
Ashete Bekere lives and trains in Sendafa close to Addis Ababa in the group of Mersha Asrat together with Birhanu Legese. She is the 2019 winner of Berlin Marathon and Rotterdam Marathon aswell as the 2018 winner of Valencia Marathon. Ashete is now up to 24 career marathon finishes. https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/ashete-bekere-14492788
2022	London Marathon			6th	2:19:30
2022	Tokyo Marathon			2nd	2:17:58
2021	London Marathon			3rd	2:18:18
2020	London Marathon			4th	2:22:51
2020	Barcelona Half Marathon			1st	1:06:37
2019	Berlin Marathon			1st	2:20:14
2019	Rotterdam Marathon			1st	2:22:55
2018	Valencia Marathon			1st	2:21:14

F3.	Desi Jisa		BRN /1997
Desi Jisa lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and trains with Ashete Bekere (among others). She represents Bahrain and has performed well internationally with a 7

th place at the world half marathon championships in 2018 in Valencia and 8th at the world cross country champions in Qingzhen, China in 2015. She was 2nd in the last edition of Kolkata 25k. After that race covid struck and Desi had a child. In May 2022 she made her comeback to international racing with a 6th place at the military games in Lima, Peru. https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/bahrain/desi-jisa-mokonin-14646798
2022		World Military Marathon		6th	2:47:43
2019		Kolkata 25k		2nd	1:23:32
2019		World Championships Marathon		12th	2:43:19
2019		World Championships Cross		28th
2019		Seoul Marathon		1st	2:23:44
2018		Amsterdam Marathon		4th	2:23:39
2018		World Championships Half Marathon		7th	68:10
2018		Dubai Marathon		8th	2:24:05
2017		World Championships 10.000m		15th	31:55.34
2017		Hengelo 10.000m		7th	31:19.00
2015		World Championships Cross		8th

F4.	Zeineba Yimer		ETH /1998
Zeineba Yimer trains in Ethiopia with coach Tessema Abshero who also coaches athletes like Yalemzerf Yehualaw and Tsehay Gemechu. She has a knee injury this spring and is now back to full fitness for Kolkata 25k. https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/zeineba-yimer-14771299
2021		London Marathon		8th	2:21:40
2020		Valencia Marathon		4th	2:19:54
2020		World Half Marathon Championships		4th	1:05:39
2019		Valencia Marathon		5th	2:19:28
2019		Delhi Half Marathon		3rd	1:06:57
2019		African Games 10.000m		2nd	31:57.95
2019		Ethiopian trials 10.000m Hengelo		4th	30:46.24
2019		RAK Half Marathon		3rd	1:05:46

2018		Delhi Half Marathon		3rd	1:06:59
2018		Bangalore 10km		6th	32:47
2017		World Cross Country Championships		10th

F5.	Anchalem Haymanot		ETH/199
Anchalem Haymanot trains with Mersha Asrat in Addis Ababa together with Ashete Bekere among others. She is from Amhara region originally and moved to Addis in 2019. She made her international debut in 2022 in Hengelo 10.000m https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/anchialem-haymanot-14923892
2022		Kopenhagen Half Marathon		8th	1:08:40
2022		Wiezoloop 10km		1st	32:08
2022		Hengelo 10.000		12th	31:50.88
2022		Club Championships 10.000		1st	32:10.12
F6.	Mercyline Chelangat		UGA/199
Mercyline Chelangat is national recordholder for Uganada in the half marathon. She trains in Kapchorwa in Joshua Cheptegei’s group under coach Addy Ruiter. https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/uganda/mercyline-chelangat-14693567
2022		Poznan Half Marathon		1st	1:09:24
2022		Kampala Half Marathon		1st	1:12:43
2022		Barcelona Half Marathon		4th	1:08:27
2018		Commonwealth Games 10.000m		3rd	31:48.41
2018		Durban 10km		2nd	31:33

F7.	Faith Chepkoech		KEN/1993
Faith Chepkoech trains in Kenya in Iten and has made great progression in 2022, running a PB for 10km and Half Marathon (in Delhi last month).

https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/faith-chepkoech-14584290
2022		Delhi Half Marathon		9th	1:10:34
2022		Tilburg 10km		1st	31:54
2022		Bangalore 10km		6th	32:05
2022		Valenciennes 10km		1st	31:03
2017		Doha Half Marathon		2nd	1:1153
2016		Abu Dhabi 10km		1st	32:47

F8.	Tigist Getnet		ETH/199
Tigist made her international debut in Spain in 2021 finishing second in two races just 1 week apart. In Ethiopia she has performed impressively finishing 5th in Welkite 15km and 3rd in Addis Ababa half marathon. An extremely disciplined runner from Gojiam, Amhara region in the North West of Ethiopia. https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/tigist-getnet-15001324
2022		Addis Ababa Half Marathon		3rd	1:13:12
2022		Welkite 15km		5th	51:21
2021		Elche Half Marathon		2nd	1:11:14
2021		Sevilla Half Marathon		2nd	1:12:34