Marhu Teferi

Marhu Teferi
Teferi at the 2015 Berlin Marathon
Personal information
National team  Israel
Born (1992-08-17) August 17, 1992
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s) Marathon
Updated on 10 August 2016.

Marhu Teferi, also known as Teferi Marhu[1] (born August 17, 1992) is an Ethiopian-born Israeli marathon runner who represented Israel at the 2016 Olympics in the marathon.[2]

Teferi is an Israeli half marathon champion, having won the title in December 2015, ahead of Berihun We've and Israeli Olympian Ageze Guadie.[3][4]

Due to his 2:18.19 finish in the Rotterdam Marathon in April 2016, in which he came in 23rd, he qualified for the 2016 Olympics.[5][6]

He competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the marathon, and finished 74th out of 155 runners, with a time of 2:21:06.[7]

In January 2018, Teferi finished in second place (2:18.35) at the Tiberias marathon.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics - Teferi Marhu (Israel)". The-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  2. ↑ "Who are the most notable people who are both black and Jewish?". Quora. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  3. ↑ Ben, Almog (2016-04-24). "An Ethiopian Israeli's Run From His Trailer Home to the Rio Olympics - Sports". Haaretz. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  4. ↑ "Israeli Olympic profiles: Marhu Teferi - Israel News". Jerusalem Post. 2016-07-31. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  5. ↑ "Israeli Olympic profiles: Marhu Teferi - Israel News". Jerusalem Post. 2016-07-31. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  6. ↑ "Resultados: Maratón de Rotterdam (Hombres) | Acicas Runner´s". Acicasrunmex.com. 2006-02-15. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
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