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

marathon runner The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

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 finish ...

. In 2018, she won the

Dubai Marathon The Dubai Marathon is an annual road-based marathon hosted by 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 Marathon was held ...

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 is an annual marathon held in London, United Kingdom, and is the 2nd largest annual road race in the UK, after the Great North Run in Newcastle. Founded by athletes Chris Brasher and John Disley in 1981, it is typically held ...

. 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 Athletic ...

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 athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held bet ...

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.

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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 of Ethiopia Olympic female marathon runners 21st-century Ethiopian women {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub