10 Facts About Dino Sefir

Dino Sefir Kemal was born on 28 May 1988 and is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.

Dino Sefir was one of three members of the Ethiopian team who competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.

Dino Sefir travelled abroad for the first time in 2008 and set a best of 13:11.69 minutes for the distance at the Golden Spike Ostrava.

Dino Sefir broke through as a senior athlete in 2009, winning the Lotto Cross Cup de Hannut and finishing runner-up at the Cross Ouest France.

Dino Sefir gained his first major international selection as a result and placed 15th at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

Dino Sefir was runner-up over 5000 metres at the Ethiopian Athletics Championships and set a best of 28:39 minutes for the 10K run at the World 10K Bangalore at the end of the year.

Dino Sefir was selected for the Ethiopian marathon team at the 2012 Olympic Games, but he could not repeat his earlier form and dropped out of the Olympic race.

Dino Sefir did not perform well in the rest of the season, finishing 14th in Bangalore and tenth at the Portugal Half Marathon and Falmouth Road Race.

Dino Sefir entered the Frankfurt Marathon, but was some way off his best, recording 2:09:22 hours for seventh.

Dino Sefir won the 2016 Barcelona Marathon recording 2:09:03 hours, on 13 March.