Degitu Azimeraw Asires (born 24 January 1999) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon, half marathon, and track events. She is a silver medalist at the African Games and has achieved podium finishes in World Marathon Majors.
Career
Degitu Azimeraw began her international career as a teenager, winning the 2017 Tata Steel Kolkata 25K in her first international race with a course record of 1:26:01.
In 2018, she significantly improved her to 1:06:47 at the RAK Half Marathon and won the Gifu Half Marathon in Japan.
In 2019, she further lowered her personal best to 1:06:07 at the RAK Half Marathon.
Representing Ethiopia, she won a silver medal in the women's half marathon at the
2019 African Games
The 12th African Games (), also known as Rabat 2019 (), were held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in Janua ...
in Rabat, Morocco, finishing in 1:10:31.
Later that year, in her marathon debut, she won the
2019 Amsterdam Marathon in a course record time of 2:19:26, which was the second fastest debut marathon time for a woman in history.
In 2020, Azimeraw competed at the
2020 RAK Half Marathon, placing ninth with 1:07:02, and finished sixth at the
2020 Valencia Marathon
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in 2:19:56.
In 2021, she set a new personal best of 2:17:58 to finish second at the
2021 London Marathon, placing her 11th on the all-time list at the time.
She also won the 10K at the Nationale Nederlanden San Silvestre in Madrid with a time of 30:26.
After a period of time away for family in 2022-2023, Azimeraw returned to competition. In March 2024, she emerged victorious at the
2024 Barcelona Marathon, clocking 2:19:52 in her first marathon post-pregnancy, leading an Ethiopian podium sweep.
She competed at the
2025 Tokyo Marathon
The 2025 Tokyo Marathon was the 18th edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, held on Sunday, 2 March 2025. A Platinum Label marathon, it was the first of seven World Marathon Majors events to be held in 2025.
Ethiopians Tadese Takele ...
, finishing eighth with a time of 2:20:26.
Achievements
References
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1999 births
Living people
Ethiopian female long-distance runners
Ethiopian female marathon runners
21st-century Ethiopian sportswomen
Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
African Games silver medalists for Ethiopia
African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
African Games athletes for Ethiopia