Chalu Deso Gelmisa (born ) is a

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from

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. He won the 2022

Paris Marathon The Paris Marathon () is an annual marathon (sport), marathon hosted by the city of Paris, France. It is the largest running event in France in terms of finishers and is typically among the five largest marathons in the world. The marathon begi ...

and the

2023 Tokyo Marathon The 2023 Tokyo Marathon was the 16th edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, held on Sunday, . A Platinum Label marathon, it was the first of six annual World Marathon Majors events to be held in 2023, and the only one of the six that has ...

Career

In 2017, Deso took part in the

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, finishing in twelfth place with a time of 1:08:06. In 2019, Deso placed second in the

Castellón Marathon The Castellón Marathon (; ) is an annual road-based marathon hosted by Castellón de la Plana, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring ...

. He finished with a time of 2:13:12, nearly five minutes behind his compatriot Andualem Belay, who won the marathon. Eight months later, Deso won the 2019

Porto Marathon The Porto Marathon is an annual marathon race in the city of Porto, Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in contin ...

with a finish time of 2:09:08, nearly two minutes ahead of the second-place finisher. He broke away from the other runners about from the finish, and set a personal best by more than three minutes, though he missed breaking the course record by three seconds. Deso set his personal best at the 2020

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 ...

, which was held during the

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and restricted to elite athletes. His finish time of 2:04:53 placed him sixth on the list of finishers. Deso returned to Valencia in later years, finishing second in 2021 with a time of 2:05:16. He lost by four seconds in a sprint finish to Kenyan

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, who passed both Deso and third-place finisher Philemon Kacheran in the last of the race. Deso also ran the

2022 Valencia Marathon The 2022 Valencia Marathon was an Elite Platinum Label marathon race held in Valencia, Spain on December 4, 2022. It was the 42nd running of the race. Results 23-year old Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum, in his marathon debut, won the elite men's title b ...

, placing sixth with a time of 2:04:56, three seconds slower than his personal record. He ran with the lead pack for most of the race, which was won by Kenyan

Kelvin Kiptum Kelvin Kiptum Cheruiyot (2 December 1999 – 11 February 2024) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who currently holds the marathon world record. , he holds three of the seven fastest marathons in history, and was ranked first among the world's ...

in 2:01:53, the fastest debut marathon time ever. In 2022, Deso won the

with a time of 2:05:07, sprinting to finish just three seconds ahead of compatriot

Seifu Tura Seifu Tura Abdiwak (born ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He won the 2021 Chicago Marathon and placed second at the 2022 Chicago Marathon. Career Seifu Tura originally specialized in middle-distance running, having won the 3000 m event o ...

, who took second place. He ran the

Sydney Marathon The Sydney Marathon is a marathon held annually in Sydney, Australia each September. The event was first held on the 30th of April 2000 and called The Host City Marathon as a test event for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, and has continued every ...

later that year, taking third place with a time of 2:07:09. That year, all three

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finishers had broken the previous Australian all-comers marathon record of 2:07:50. Deso won the

with a sprint finish, beating compatriot

Mohamed Esa Mohamed Esa (born 11 September 2000) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner specializing in road racing events. He has achieved multiple podium finishes in Abbott World Marathon Majors events. Career In 2021, Esa won the Poznań Half Marathon wi ...

by less than a second. Both Deso and Esa recorded a time of 2:05:22, and were closely followed by Ethiopian Tsegaye Getachew, whose time of 2:05:25 rounded out an Ethiopian

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deso Gelmisa, Chalu 1997 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male marathon runners Paris Marathon male winners Tokyo Marathon male winners 21st-century Ethiopian sportsmen