Deresa Geleta Ulfata (born 14 January 1996) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon and half marathon.
He won the 2024 Seville Marathon in a course record time of 2:03:27, setting his then personal best. This qualified him for the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he would finish fifth in 2:07:31.
Among other results, Geleta has also won the 2023 Beijing Marathon and the 2022 Lagos City Marathon. At the 2024 Valencia Marathon, Geleta set his personal best of 2:02:38, finishing second, and placing him as the 11th fastest marathoner of all time. At the 2026 London Marathon, Geleta finished in fifth with a time of 2:03:23.
Geleta ran his debut half marathon at the Meishan Renshou Half Marathon in 1:02:14.
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