Chalu Deso Gelmisa
Personal information
NationalityEthiopian
Born (1997-12-14) 14 December 1997[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
EventMarathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Marathon: 2:04:53
(Valencia 2020)[1]
Medal record
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tokyo Marathon
External videos
video icon Sprint finish at Tokyo Marathon in 2023[2]

Chalu Deso Gelmisa (born 14 December 1997[1]) is a long-distance runner from Ethiopia.[1] He won the 2022 Paris Marathon and the 2023 Tokyo Marathon.[3][4][1]

Career

In 2017, Deso took part in the Route du Vin Half Marathon in Luxembourg, finishing in twelfth place with a time of 1:08:06.[5][1]

In 2019, Deso placed second in the Castellón Marathon.[6][1] He finished with a time of 2:13:12, nearly five minutes behind his compatriot Andualem Belay, who won the marathon.[6] Eight months later, Deso won the 2019 Porto Marathon with a finish time of 2:09:08, nearly two minutes ahead of the second-place finisher.[7][1] He broke away from the other runners about 4 km (2.5 mi) from the finish, and set a personal best by more than three minutes, though he missed breaking the course record by three seconds.[7]

Deso set his personal best at the 2020 Valencia Marathon, which was held during the coronavirus pandemic and restricted to elite athletes.[8][1] His finish time of 2:04:53 placed him sixth on the list of finishers.[9][1] Deso returned to Valencia in later years, finishing second in 2021 with a time of 2:05:16.[10][1] He lost by four seconds in a sprint finish to Kenyan Lawrence Cherono, who passed both Deso and third-place finisher Philemon Kacheran in the last 500 m (1,600 ft) of the race.[11][10] Deso also ran the 2022 Valencia Marathon, placing sixth with a time of 2:04:56, three seconds slower than his personal record.[12][1] He ran with the lead pack for most of the race, which was won by Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum in 2:01:53, the fastest debut marathon time ever.[12]

In 2022, Deso won the Paris Marathon with a time of 2:05:07, sprinting to finish just three seconds ahead of compatriot Seifu Tura, who took second place.[3][1] He ran the Sydney Marathon later that year, taking third place with a time of 2:07:09.[13][1] That year, all three podium finishers had broken the previous Australian all-comers marathon record of 2:07:50.[13]

Deso won the 2023 Tokyo Marathon with a sprint finish, beating compatriot Mohamed Esa by less than a second.[4][1] Both Deso and Esa recorded a time of 2:05:22, and were closely followed by Ethiopian Tsegaye Getachew, whose time of 2:05:25 rounded out an Ethiopian podium sweep.[14][15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Atheletes. Deso Gelmisa". archive.today. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Dramatic Final Stretch In Men's Race At Tokyo Marathon | Ghostarchive". ghostarchive.org.
  3. 1 2 "Ethiopia's Gelmisa and Kenya's Jeptum triumph at Paris marathon". archive.today. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Deso Gelmisa leads Ethiopian trifecta at Tokyo Marathon". archive.today. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Pol et Martine Mellina derrière les Africains". archive.today. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Los etíopes Andualem Belay y Lemelem Berha ganan el Maratón BP Castellón". archive.today. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Pódio da EDP Maratona do Porto pertenceu aos atletas etíopes numa edição que juntou 78 nacionalidades". archive.today. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Valencia Marathon Elite Edition approves its reduced route with restrictions on crowd numbers". archive.today. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Half marathon record shattered in Valencia". archive.today. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Cherono Jelegat dominates Valencia Marathon". archive.today. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "Valencia Marathon 2021". archive.today. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  12. 1 2 "Kiptum and Beriso break course records in Valencia". archive.today. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  13. 1 2 "Moses Kibet wins Sydney marathon in record time on Australian soil". archive.today. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  14. ↑ "Gelmisa triumphs in thrilling sprint and Wanjiru stars at Tokyo Marathon". archive.today. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  15. ↑ "Tokyo Marathon 2023. Wanjiru Gelmisa". archive.today. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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