Moges Taye (born December 12, 1973, in Showa) is a long-distance runner from Ethiopia. His breakthrough performance came at the Rome City Marathon in 1996, which he won in a time of 2:12:03.Taye Moges . Demadonna. Retrieved on 2010-10-28. He represented Ethiopia in the marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics, but failed to finish the race.
At the 1997 Istanbul Marathon he won in a course record time of 2:13:37 – a time which went unbettered for almost a decade. Further to this, Taye would go on to defend his title for the next two years becoming the only man to have won the race on three occasions.Istanbul Marathon winners. Marathon Info. Retrieved on 2010-10-28. In 1998 he won the Tiberias Marathon in a course record time of 2:12:51, beating Kevin Shaw's previous mark by more than a minute. Later that year he won the 1998 edition of the Vienna Marathon.World Marathon Rankings for 1998. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-04-30. He won the Venice Marathon in 2001. Making his second international road appearance, he ran at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in the marathon but failed to finish the race. He won the 2004 edition of the Nagano Marathon in Japan.
Achievements Representing 1996Rome City MarathonRome, Italy 1stMarathon2:12:031997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece—MarathonDNF1998Vienna MarathonVienna, Austria 1stMarathon2:10:082000Rome City MarathonRome, Italy4thMarathon2:09:492001Venice MarathonVenice, Italy 1stMarathon2:11:592003World ChampionshipsParis, France—MarathonDNF2004Nagano MarathonNagano, Japan 1stMarathon2:13:09
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Profile from MarathonFree