1. Getu Feleke won the 2010 Amsterdam Marathon with a course record time of 2:05:44 and set his personal best of 2:04:50 hours in a second-place finish at the 2012 Rotterdam Marathon.
10 Facts About Getu Feleke
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Getu Feleke began competing at the top level at the end of 2008, with his first major run coming at the Montferland Run 15K race.
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Getu Feleke clocked a time of 2:11:42 which was enough for seventh place.
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Getu Feleke was one of four men to complete the RAK Half Marathon in under an hour in February 2010, his personal best run of 59:56 minutes bringing him fourth place.
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Getu Feleke left the competition as the fastest man, slicing over half a minute off Yegon's year-old course record with a run of 2:05:44.
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Getu Feleke paid thanks to his trainer, former athlete Getaneh Tessema, for his first victory over the distance with a time establishing him as the fifth fastest Ethiopian ever over the marathon.
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Getu Feleke returned to the RAK Half Marathon at the start of the following year but was a minute and a half off his best time, finishing in sixth.
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Getu Feleke did not compete for the rest of the year, but returned at the 2012 Paris Half Marathon, taking fifth in a time of 1:01:59 hours.
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Getu Feleke closed the year with a third-place finish at the Montferland Run.
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Getu Feleke was seventh at the RAK Half Marathon in January 2013, then he repeated as the runner-up at the Rotterdam Marathon, this time behind Tilahun Regassa.