Tirfi Tsegaye
- January 4, 2024
- Marathon Runner
Quick Facts
Full Name | Tirfi Tsegaye |
Occupation | Marathon Runner |
Date Of Birth | Nov 25, 1984(1984-11-25) |
Age | 40 |
Country | Ethiopia |
Horoscope | Scorpio |
Tirfi Tsegaye Biography
Name | Tirfi Tsegaye |
Birthday | Nov 25 |
Birth Year | 1984 |
Birth Country | Ethiopia |
Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Tirfi Tsegaye is one of the most popular and richest Marathon Runner who was born on November 25, 1984 in Ethiopia. Tirfi Tsegaye Beyene (born 25 November 1984) is an Ethiopian long-distance athlete who competes in marathon events. She has been a winner of her first Berlin Marathon, the Paris Marathon (in the course record) as well as the Tokyo Marathon (also in course- record time) as well as the Dubai Marathon. Her personal best of 2:20.18 hours was the winning this year’s Berlin Marathon.
Then, in January of 2013, she took home her first Dubai Marathon despite the heavy fog in the course, at a speed of 2:23:23and 16 seconds faster than Kiros, the runner-up. The race was not as successful for her at her next race of 2013 finishing seventh in the Frankfurt Marathon in 2:26:57 hours.
She was selected to participate in the race in 2011 Boston Marathon and she finished in 11th place in the highly-publicized race. She finished fifth in the Lille Half Marathon then was three seconds slower than Shanghai Marathon winner Haile Lema Kebebush in December when she ran a time of 2 hours and 11 minutes (her third consecutive second-place finish in this race). The Roma- Ostia Half Marathon in February 2012, she had a personal record time of 1:07:42 to finish third. The race was a favorite to run at the Paris Marathon and delivered on the expectation with her victory with the time that was a course record and personal best of 2:21.39 hours, more than three minutes quicker than the third-place finisher Sultan Haydar. Training with her partner, Aberu Kebede, she was the runner-up in the 2012 Berlin Marathon with a personal record time of 2:21:19.
Tirfi Tsegaye Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Marathon Runner |
House | Living in own house. |
Tirfi Tsegaye is one of the richest Marathon Runner from Ethiopia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tirfi Tsegaye 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
born in Bekoji within Ethiopia’s Oromia Region, she comes from a town that is famous for its elite athletes such as Kenenisa Bekele as well as Tirunesh Dibaba. In the first races she competed in Tirfi took home her first race, the Porto Marathon in 2008 with the time of 2:35:31. She improved her record by 2:29:04 hours, resulting in an overall finish in the 2009 Turin Marathon and then bettered the time with a run of 2:28.16 hours in second place at the Shanghai Marathon. Then, she made her debut in the half-marathon at the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships with a time of 1:09,24 earned her sixth place, and an overall silver medal for the team with Ethiopia.
Tirfi was second to Atsede Baysa during the 2009 Paris Half Marathon and then was a distant second during the Paris Marathon one month later, but her time of 2:24:51 minutes to finish third was a personal record of a major magnitude. She was also on the podium during the Toronto Waterfront Marathon, setting an additional personal best of 2:22:44 minutes and coming in second place ahead of Sharon Cherop. She also finished second at the Shanghai Marathon for the second year running, only to be beaten into the top spot by Nailiya Yulamanova.
She won the 2014 Berlin Marathon, held on 28 September 2014, in a personal best time of 2:20:18.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Height | 5 ft 4 in |
Weight | 51 kg |
Tirfi Tsegaye height 5 ft 4 in Tirfi weight 51 kg & body measurements will update soon.
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Facts & Trivia
Tirfi Ranked on the list of most popular Marathon Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ethiopia. Tirfi Tsegaye celebrates birthday on November 25 of every year.