Lemi Berhanu Hayle, also known as Berhanu Lemi, (

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: ለሚ ብርሃኑ ኃይሌ ; born 13 September 1994) is an Ethiopian

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who specialises in the

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. He competed in the marathon event at the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

in Beijing, China, placing 15th. His personal best of 2:04:33 hours, set in 2015, ranks him in the world's top 15 athletes for the distance (as of 2016). In April 2016, he won the

Boston Marathon The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by eight cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897, the event was ins ...

Career

Lemi ran his debut marathon in 2014 and his time of 2:10:40 hours made him the winner at the

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. The following year he entered the

Dubai Marathon The Dubai Marathon is an annual road-based marathon hosted by the emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since 1998. The marathon is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athletics. History Initial era The inaugural Dubai Marat ...

and surprised the high quality field by winning in a time of 2:05:28 hours – five minutes faster than he had run before to beat Boston Marathon champion

Lelisa Desisa Lelisa Desisa Benti (born 14 January 1990) is an Ethiopian former Long-distance running, long-distance runner who specialised in road running competitions. Desisa gained his first international medal at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Champion ...

and

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runner-up

Feyisa Lilesa Feyisa Lilesa ( Afaan Oromo: Fayyisaa Leellisaa; born 1 February 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He became the youngest man to run under 2:06 when he ran 2:05:23 in the men's marathon at the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon. He set his perso ...

. The prize winnings of US$200,000 represented a significant change of fortunes for the athlete and he remarked "I really don’t know what I will do with it". He made it three consecutive wins at the distance by topping the podium at the

Orlen Warsaw Marathon The Orlen Warsaw Marathon is an annual road running event over the marathon distance () that takes place in April on the streets of Warsaw, Poland. The event was established in 2013 and has Polish oil company PKN Orlen as its title sponsor. It wa ...

in 2:07:57 hours later that season. 2016 Boston Marathon lead men at mile 19

After losing his winning streak on his international debut at the

, he returned to defend his Dubai title in 2016 and gave a strong effort with a personal best of 2:04:33 hours. However, he lost out in a

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with

Tesfaye Abera Tesfaye Abera Dibaba (born 31 March 1992) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathons. His personal best of 2:04:24 hours ranks him in the all-time top ten, as of 2016. He has won marathons in Dubai, Hamburg and Mumbai. He twi ...

and finished in second place, nine seconds in arrears. Lemi won the

2016 Boston Marathon The 2016 Boston Marathon was the 120th running of the Boston Athletic Association's mass-participation marathon. It took place on Monday, April 18 ( Patriots' Day in Massachusetts). Both of the winners were from Ethiopia: the men's race was wo ...

in a time of 2:12:45, confirming his place among the world's top distance runners.Lemi Berhanu Hayle wins 2016 Boston Marathon men’s division race
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International competitions

Circuit wins

: 2014 *

: 2015 *

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Xiamen International Marathon The Xiamen Marathon () is a Platinum Label marathon event held annually on the Xiamen in Fujian, People's Republic of China. Xiamen C&D Inc. is the current title sponsor for the race. More than 50,000 runners took part in the race in 2010.Gallagh ...

: 2017 *Hengshui Lake Marathon: 2018 *

Mumbai Marathon The Mumbai Marathon (known as the Tata Mumbai Marathon for sponsorship reasons by Tata Group), is an annual international marathon held in Mumbai, India, on the third Sunday of January every year. It is the largest marathon in Asia as well as th ...

: 2023 *

: 2024 *

Prague Marathon The Prague Marathon (also known as Prague International Marathon) is an annual road marathon held in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic each May. It was founded in 1995 and has grown to become a significant event, being awarded IAAF G ...

: 2024 *

: 2025

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lemi, Berhanu Hayle 1994 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male marathon runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia Place of birth missing (living people) Boston Marathon male winners