Tesfaye Jifar
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Tesfaye Jifar (born April 23, 1976) is an athlete from Ethiopia. He specialises in long-distance running.
He won the New York City Marathon in 2001, his time 2:07:43 remains the course record as of 2007. The same year he was second at the Tokyo Marathon [1] and won the Saint Silvester Marathon held in Brazil. At the Amsterdam Marathon in 1999 he was second and broke the Ethiopian record held by Belayneh Dinsamo. Jifar's time of 2:06:49 hours remains his personal record.
Tesfaye Jifar is a three time medalist from IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, he won bronze in 1999 and 2000 and silver in 2001.
At the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton he finished eighth in the marathon race.
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IAAF profile for Tesfaye Jifar
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Preceded by Abdelkader El Mouaziz |
Men's New York City Marathon Winner 2001 |
Succeeded by Rodgers Rop |
