Roza Dereje Bekele (born 9 May 1997) is an Ethiopian

marathon runner The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road running, road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk str ...

Career

In 2016 and 2017 she won the

Shanghai Marathon The Shanghai International Marathon ( is an annual marathon in late autumn hosted by Shanghai, China, since 1996. The marathon is categorized as a Platinum Label Road Race by World Athletics. The marathon starts at the '' Bund Bull'' and fini ...

. In 2018, she won 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 ...

in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with a time of 2:19:17 which was a new course record at the time. The following year Ruth Chepngetich set a new course record of 2:17:08. In 2019, she finished in 3rd place in the

London Marathon The London Marathon (also known as the TCS London Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon held in London, England. Founded by athletes Chris Brasher and John Disley in 1981, it is typically held in April, although it moved to Oct ...

. In 2019, she also won the

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 ...

and she also set a new course record of 2:18:30. She also competed in the women's marathon at the

2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global sport of athletics, athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athleti ...

held in Doha, Qatar. She did not finish her race. She finished in 4th place in the women's marathon at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

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* Living people 1997 births Place of birth missing (living people) Ethiopian female marathon runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Olympic female marathon runners 21st-century Ethiopian sportswomen {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub