Atsedu Tsegay Tesfay (born 17 December 1991) is an Ethiopian professional

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. In 2012, he won

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in a time of 58:47 — the best

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performance of the year and an Ethiopian record. His first major international appearance was at the

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, where he placed sixth in the

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final. In 2011 he won the

Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale The Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale is an annual half marathon which follows a course from Marseille to Cassis in France during the last weekend in October. It has the silver label of the IAAF Road Race Label Events and is thus among th ...

with a course record of 58:11 minutes and the Corrida de Langueux in another course record of 27:46 minutes. He was also runner-up at the Rabat Half Marathon that year. At the start of the following year he took the bronze medal at the

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. He also won the

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at the end of that year. In 2013 he had limited outings but placed fourth at the

Lille Half Marathon The Lille Métropole Half Marathon ( French: ''Semi-Marathon de Lille Métropole'') is an annual half marathon foot race which takes place in Lille, France, in early September. First organised by the Association de Promotion des Événements Lil ...

and won both the

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and the

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(breaking the course record at the latter race).Mulkeen, Jon (2013-12-15)
Tsegay breaks course record at Delhi Half Marathon
IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-02-22.

Personal bests

– 13:51.0 min (2011) *

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– 27:28.11 min (2013) *

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– 27:46 min (2011) *

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– 58:47 min (2012)

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* 1991 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male cross country runners 21st-century Ethiopian sportsmen {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub