Tete Morena Dijana[1]
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born1988 (age 35–36)[2]

Tete Morena Dijana (born 1988) is a South African ultramarathon runner who won the Comrades Marathon in 2022 and 2023.[3][2][4][1][5]

Originally from Mahikeng in the North West province, Dijana quit his job as a security guard at North-West University to focus on running.[6][4][7]

Career

In his debut Comrades Marathon in 2019, Dijana finished in 50th place with a time of 6:25:03 and earned a silver medal.[2][6][4][lower-alpha 1]

Dijana joined the Nedbank Running Club in 2022.[6] He finished second in the 2022 Nedbank Breaking Barriers 50 km, one place ahead of Edward Mothibi, a Nedbank teammate and the winner of the 2019 Comrades Marathon.[6]

At the 2022 Comrades Marathon, Dijana and Mothibi ran together as the race leaders during part of the second half of the race.[4] Eventually, Dijana broke away with less than 10 km (6.2 mi) to go, and won the race with a time of 5:30:38, over three minutes ahead of Mothibi, who finished in second place.[9][3][4][lower-alpha 2]

Tete Dijana and Gerda Steyn had a record-breaking run at 2023 Comrades Marathon as they emerged as winners in the Men and Women categories.

Notes

  1. ↑ At the Comrades Marathon, a finish time under 7:30 qualifies a runner for a silver medal or better.[8]
  2. ↑ This was Dijana's second Comrades Marathon; the race was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.[10][6][1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tete Morena Dijana wins men's race in just his second Comrades".
  2. 1 2 3 "DUV Ultra Marathon Statistics".
  3. 1 2 "Comrades Live Results".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "LIVE | SA's Dijana, Russia's Morozova crowned 2022 Comrades Marathon …".
  5. ↑ "Morena DIJANA | Profile | World Athletics".
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nedbank Running Club - Nedbank running clubs Dijana looking for Comra…".
  7. ↑ "Comrades Marathon result: Tete Dijana storms to victory".
  8. ↑ "The nine medals you can win at the Comrades Marathon - Canadian Runni…".
  9. ↑ "Update | Tete Dijana and Alexandra Morozova win Comrades 2022 | Witne…".
  10. ↑ "Comrades Marathon cancelled in its centenary year due to COVID-19".
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