Tariku Jufar

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tariku Jufar
Occupation	Marathon Runner
Date Of Birth	Jul 18, 1984(1984-07-18)
Age	40
Country	Ethiopia
Horoscope	Cancer

Tariku Jufar Biography

Tariku Jufar is one of the most popular and richest Marathon Runner who was born on July 18, 1984 in Ethiopia. Tariku Jufar (born 18 July 1984) is an Ethiopian long-distance athlete who competes in marathon events. He has been a winner of three of them: the Beijing, Beirut and Houston Marathons. He has also achieved top-three results with top-three finishes in Istanbul, Mumbai, Los Angeles, Lake Biwa and Hamburg. His personal best time for the race is 2:06:51 hours (set in 2012).).

He didn’t build on his success until 2006 after which he returned to half- marathon racing and finished runner-up in the Nice Half Marathon and a fifth- place finish at the Delhi Half Marathon. His first marathon distance was in January 2007, and he adapted very well, securing third place in the Mumbai Marathon in a time of 2:12:49 hours. A second appearance at the Paris Marathon followed, but the race was not his best, and he finished 11th in the more well-known race. He was a representative of Ethiopia in the half-marathon in the 2007 All-Africa Games, coming eighth and ran his personal best of 61.28 minutes to finish 18th at the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships. His final race in the year took place at the Istanbul Eurasia Marathon and his third-place finish of 2:11:05 minutes marked the beginning of a marathon- focused time in his career.

While training in Addis Ababa in 2009 he was hit by a car and the resulting injuries left him unable to compete for nine months. His sole marathon of 2009, the Los Angeles Marathon, saw him return to form and he completed the distance in 2:09:32 hours (his second sub-2:10 hour run) to take the runner-up spot behind Wesley Korir. Tariku had mixed results in the 2010 season: he returned to Los Angeles and came seventh in a time of 2:11:49 hours, but was some six minutes slower at the Florence Marathon, where he came fifth.

The 2011 Mumbai Marathon was tightly contested and although Tariku was fourteen seconds behind the winner Girma Assefa, this left him in fourth place. His second run of the year came in Istanbul and a late-stage duel against Vincent Kiplagat resulted in a runner-up finish for the Ethiopian. Just over a month later, he took to the course at the Beirut Marathon and he ran a course record time of 2:11:14 hours, seeing off a challenge from Sammy Malakwen.

In addition to running marathons the athlete was also a representative for his country at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2003 and 2007.

Tariku Jufar Net Worth

Tariku Jufar is one of the richest Marathon Runner from Ethiopia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tariku Jufar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His professional career as an athlete started at the 2003 Ethiopian half marathon championships in which he finished second to Dereje Adere. In the end, he was selected to be part of the Ethiopian team for the 2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships which he finished 17th. In 2003, he also placed third in the Paderborn Easter Run and second at the Reims Half Marathon.

The boy was born in Debre Zeyit in Ethiopia’s Oromia Region He began running after watching the achievements of Haile Gebrselassie in the World Championships and Olympic Games. He began training and then moved to Addis Ababa in 2003.

Tariku Jufar led for the early stages of the Mumbai Marathon in January 2008 and held on to take second place behind Kenya’s John Kelai. A career best time of 2:08:10 hours came at the Hamburg Marathon three months later (where he was third) The Toronto Waterfront Marathon was promoted as a rematch between him and Kelai, but both had sub-standard races – the Ethiopian was 13th and his time of 2:18:47 hours was by far the slowest of his professional career. His performance at December’s Singapore Marathon was even slower, as he came tenth in 2:19:20 hours.

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Facts & Trivia

Tariku Ranked on the list of most popular Marathon Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ethiopia. Tariku Jufar celebrates birthday on July 18 of every year.