Sisay Lemma

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

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

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 fourth at the Eindhoven Marathon.[3]

In 2015, he was fifth at the Dubai Marathon in January in 2:07:06, won the Vienna City Marathon [4] in April in 2:07:31 and the Frankfurt Marathon in October where he ran a personal best of 2:06:26.[5][6]

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.[7]

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.

In London Marathon 2020, he finished in third place with a time of 2.05:45

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 Archived 2015-10-27 at the Wayback Machine October 25, 2015
  6. "Lemma and Tollesa Achieve Historic Ethiopian Double at Frankfurt Marathon". IAAF. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  7. "23rd Ljubljana Marathon: Ethiopian Lemma Kasaye and Kenian Visiline Jepkesho broke the record". 28 October 2018.


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