Dadi Yami Gemeda (born 1982) is an Ethiopian

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who competes in the

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. His personal best for the distance is 2:05:41 hours. Born and raised in the rural areas to the north of

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, Dadi's birth date is unknown due to poor record keeping and is estimated to be in 1982. He began working with

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manager

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and began training for the marathon with his group. He made his debut over the distance at the 2011

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and managed ninth place with a time of 2:11:04 hours. The 2012

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saw him make a significant breakthrough with a run of 2:05:41 hours. In the extremely fast race, this was only enough for sixth place, but still ranked him in the top twenty in the world that year and in the top forty on the all-time lists. In his next outing at the

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he was a little slower with a run of 2:07:01 hours, but the field was much slower than the record-breaking Dubai race and he was the runner-up behind

Shami Abdulahi Shami Abdulahi Dawit (born 16 July 1984) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in marathon races. He won the 2012 Hamburg Marathon in a course record time and has a personal best of 2:05:42 hours for the distance. Biography A late ...

. Returning to his homeland, he ran at and won the Abebe Bikila Marathon. Showing his sudden entrance into the elite ranks, he was invited to the

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and he came eighth. He returned to Dubai in 2013 but was not in contention in the fast race, ending up seventh with a time of 2:07:55 hours.Butcher, Pat (2013-01-25)
Debutant Desisa wins Dubai Marathon in 2:04:45, five men under 2:05
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-23. His victory in the

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in Poland took place in 2019 with a time of 2:11:39.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yami, Dadi Living people 1982 births Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male marathon runners Athletes from Addis Ababa 20th-century Ethiopian people 21st-century Ethiopian sportsmen