Roza Dereje Bekele (born 9 May 1997) is an Ethiopian marathon runner.
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. In 2019, she also won the Valencia Marathon and she also set a new course record of 2:18:30. She also competed in the women's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. She did not finish her race.
She finished in 4th place in the women's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Achievements
Representing 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 2:20:51World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar –MarathonDNF Valencia Marathon Valencia, Spain 1st Marathon 2:18:302021Olympic GamesSapporo, Japan4thMarathon2:28:38
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