Berhanu Girma Degefa (born 22 November 1986) is an Ethiopian

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who competes in

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events for

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. His personal best for the marathon is 2:06:09 hours and he was the 2012 winner of

Grandma's Marathon Grandma's Marathon (sport), Marathon (Grandma's) is an annual Road running, road race held each June in Duluth, Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota, in the United States. The course runs point-to-point from the city of Two Harbors, Minnesota, Two Harbor ...

. Berhanu made his debut over the

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distance in 2009, competing at the Casablanca Marathon and finishing fifth with a time of 2:15:57 hours. His next outing at the 2010

Valencia Marathon The Valencia Marathon (; also known as Marathon Valencia Trinidad Alfonso EDP for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon road running event hosted by Valencia, Spain, since 1981. It is categorized as a Platinum Label Road Race by World Athle ...

saw a three-minute improvement to 2:12:51 hours. He was also fifth at the

Košice Peace Marathon The Košice Peace Marathon (Slovak: Medzinárodný maratón mieru) is an annual road marathon held in Košice, Slovakia, since 1924. It is the oldest continuously running in the world, having been run every year since 1941. It is the oldest mar ...

that year. He fared less well in 2011, coming 19th at the

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and 13th at the

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, barely managing to dip under two hours and twenty minutes that year.Berhanu Girma
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-10-22. Berhanu was only 20th at the 2012 Marrakech Marathon but later set personal bests in the

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(61:54 minutes in

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) the marathon, the latter in a winning time of 2:12:25 hours at

. He set a

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best of 28:46 minutes at the Corrida de Langueux, where he was eighth. He was also the runner-up at that year's

. He was further down the rankings in his first two marathons of 2013, coming 14th at the Tiberias Marathon and eighth at the Chongqing Marathon, but he made a surprise breakthrough at the

Amsterdam Marathon The Amsterdam Marathon, currently branded as TCS Amsterdam Marathon, is an annual marathon (42.195 km) in Amsterdam in the Netherlands since 1975. The road running, road race has a IAAF Road Race Label Events, Platinum Label from World Athle ...

with a performance of 2:06:09 hours to finish runner-up to the defending champion Wilson Chebet. In 2019, he was the 11th finisher at the Daegu International Marathon in

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. His time was 2:14:50.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Girma, Berhanu Living people 1986 births Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male marathon runners Canadian male long-distance runners Canadian male marathon runners Ethiopian emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada 21st-century Canadian sportsmen