1. Maru Abinet Teferi, known as Teferi Marhu, is an Israeli marathon and half marathon runner, and an Olympian.
26 Facts About Maru Teferi
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Maru Teferi won a silver medal in men's marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, a silver medal in marathon at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, a gold medal in the 2022 European Marathon Cup, and the gold medal at the 2022 Fukuoka Marathon.
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Maru Teferi represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, and again represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 2020 Olympic Marathon.
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Maru Teferi has set Israeli records in both the marathon and half marathon.
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Maru Teferi was born to an Ethiopian-Jewish family Maru Teferi immigrated to Israel at the age of 14 in 2006 along with most of his family.
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Maru Teferi's wife Selamawit "Selam" Dagnachew Teferi, whom he married in January 2017, was born in Ethiopia and became an Israeli citizen in 2018 on account of their marriage.
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Maru Teferi is a mid- and long-distance runner qualified to compete for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Maru Teferi is an Israeli half marathon champion, having won the title in December 2015, ahead of Berihun We've and Israeli Olympian Ageze Guadie.
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Maru Teferi 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.
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In January 2018, Maru Teferi finished in second place at the Tiberias Marathon.
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On 20 July 2019, Maru Teferi won the KBC Night of Athletics 5000 Metres in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, with a time of 13:40.37.
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On 27 October 2019, Maru Teferi ran the Frankfurt Marathon in 2:08:09 in Frankfurt, Germany, setting a new Israeli record and finishing in 5th place.
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On 3 January 2020, Maru Teferi won the 2020 Tiberias Half Marathon with a time of 1:01:23.
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On 5 December 2020, at the Israeli Half Marathon Championships, Maru Teferi won a silver medal with a time of 1:02:58.
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Maru Teferi represented Israel at the 2020 Olympics on 8 August 2021, in the marathon.
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Maru Teferi finished 13th out of 106 runners, the best-ever finish for an Israeli marathoner at the Olympics, with a time of 2:13:02.
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On 14 March 2021, Maru Teferi won the Agmon Hahula Marathon in Israel, with a time of 2:07:44.
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On 25 March 2022, at the Jerusalem Half Marathon, Maru Teferi won the silver medal with a time of 1:10:28.
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On 15 August 2022, at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Maru Teferi won the silver medal for Israel in the individual marathon competition in 2:10:23.
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Maru Teferi was a member of the gold medal team for Israel winning the European Marathon Cup at the same competition.
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On 4 December 2022, Maru Teferi won the Fukuoka International Marathon in Japan, with a time of 2:06:43.
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On 27 August 2023, at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Maru Teferi won the silver medal in the Men's Marathon with a time of 2:09:12.
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Maru Teferi was the fourth Israeli to win a medal at the World Athletics Championship, and the first Israeli distance-runner to do so.
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On 5 November 2023, Maru Teferi placed sixth at the 2023 New York City Marathon in 2:10:28.
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Maru Teferi represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's marathon.
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Maru Teferi ran it in a time of 2:10:42, and came in 26th.