Markos Geneti

Markos Geneti at the 2011 Los Angeles Marathon

Markos Geneti (born May 30, 1984 in Gute, Oromia Region) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who previously competed in track running, but now is a road specialist.

Biography

He won the 3000 metres title at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics and stepped up a level to take the silver medal over 5000 metres at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics the following year. Turning to senior competition, he was the runner-up in the 5000 m behind Hailu Mekonnen at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games and went on to claim the bronze medal in the 3000 m at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He competed in that event twice at the IAAF World Athletics Final, in 2004 and 2005, but failed to win a medal on either occasion.^[1]

He made his global outdoor debut at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, where he reached the semi-finals of the 1500 metres. Geneti ran a 3000 m best of 7:32.69 minutes at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix in February 2007.^[1] The following month he then made his debut at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where his 15th-place finish was the second best performance by an Ethiopian (after Tadese Tola).^[2]

In March 2011, he won the Los Angeles Marathon, breaking the record by almost two minutes in his first marathon attempt. His time of 2:06:35 was at that point the sixth fastest ever for a first-time marathoner.^[3] In his second race at the 2012 Dubai Marathon he ran a personal best time of 2:04:54 hours, but in one of the fastest races ever, he took third place behind Ayele Abshero and Dino Sefir.^[4] He did not return to competition until December, when he ran at the Honolulu Marathon and placed second to Wilson Kipsang.^[5]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Ethiopia
2001	World Youth Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	1st	3000 m	7:55.82
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	2nd	5000 m	13:28.83
2003	Afro-Asian Games	Hyderabad, India	2nd	5000 m	13:49.61
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	3000 m	7:57.87
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	6th	3000 m	7:42.24
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	12th (semis)	1500 m	3:42.80
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	9th	3000 m	7:41.76
2007	World Cross Country Championships	Mombasa, Kenya	15th	Senior race (12 km)	37:49

Personal bests

• 1500 metres - 3:33.83 (2005)
• 3000 metres - 7:32.69 (2006, indoor)
• 5000 metres - 13:00.25 (2005)
• Marathon - 2:04:54 (2012)

References

1. Geneti Markos. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
2. 2007 World XC Championships - Men's Race Results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
3. Reavis, Tony (2011-03-21). Geneti debuts with 2:06 in LA. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
4. Butcher, Pat (2012-01-27). Abshero stuns with 2:04:23 debut, Mergia clocks 2:19:31 in Dubai. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-04.
5. Monti, David (2012-12-09). Kipsang and Galimova win windy Honolulu Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-14.

External links

• Markos Geneti at World Athletics