Deriba Merga
- January 8, 2024
- Runner
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Deriba Merga Biography
| Name | Deriba Merga |
| Birthday | Oct 26 |
| Birth Year | 1980 |
| Birth Country | Ethiopia |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Deriba Merga is one of the most popular and richest Runner who was born on October 26, 1980 in Ethiopia.
He was born in the Welega Province west of Addis Ababa and he headed to the capital in 2005 to pursue a running career after winning some regional races. Merga made his international debut in 2006, winning the Paris Half Marathon in a time of 60:45. Later that year, he finished sixth at the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships, helping Ethiopia to a bronze medal in the team competition. In December that year he won the Montferland Run 15 km race in a course record time of 42:48. He took the half marathon gold medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games but just missed out on a medal at the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships, finishing in fourth place.
He made his marathon debut at the Fukuoka Marathon in December 2007, finishing second to Sammy Wanjiru. He opened 2008 with a win at the World’s Best 10K in Puerto Rico. He finished sixth at London in April that year, running a personal best of 2:06:38. In August, he finished fourth in the Olympic marathon, after being passed by teammate Tsegay Kebede in the final 400 m. Later in the year he won the Delhi Half Marathon, and defended his title in 2009.
Deriba Merga Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Runner |
| House | Living in own house. |
Deriba Merga is one of the richest Runner from Ethiopia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Deriba Merga 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Deriba Merga Ejigu (Amharic: ደርባ መርጋ አጅጉ ; born 26 October 1980) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He mainly competes in the marathon. He finished fourth in that event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and went on to win the Boston Marathon the following year. His personal best for the distance is 2:06:38 hours.
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His first marathon of 2011 came at the Lake Biwa Marathon in Japan and a duel between Deriba and Wilson Kipsang saw the Ethiopian finish in the runner-up spot. He took his second win of the year over half that distance at the Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon. He attempted to defend his Bogotá Half Marathon title but was beaten by some distance by Geoffrey Mutai. He ran at the Frankfurt Marathon in October but could not keep up with the near-world record pace set by Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich and dropped out at the 30 km point. Quick racing was again too much for him as he dropped out of the Dubai Marathon in January 2012 after having run the first half in 1:02:21. He finished second at the 2012 New York City Half Marathon, being overtaken by Peter Kirui in the final stages. He came third at the Bay to Breakers but had a very slow outing at the Shanghai Marathon where he held on to finish tenth in a time of 2:21:14 hours. His fortunes reversed at the Houston Half Marathon in 2013 as he was runner-up behind Feyisa Lilesa.
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Bert Ranked on the list of most popular Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ethiopia. Deriba Merga celebrates birthday on October 26 of every year.