Firehiwot Tufa Dado (born January 9, 1984, in Assela, Arsi)[1] is a female long-distance runner from Ethiopia, who won the New York City Marathon in 2011 with a personal best time of 2:23:15 hours. She also took three consecutive victories in the Rome City Marathon.[2]
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| Born | 9 January 1984 Assela, Arsi, Ethiopia |
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| Country |  Ethiopia |
Biography
editShe has also competed in 10K competitions and was the 2008 winner of the Casablanca Women's Run.[3] She made her marathon debut that year at the Košice Peace Marathon and managed to finish as runner-up on her first attempt.[4] She received a late-minute invitation to run the Rome City Marathon in March 2009 and went on to surprise the field by winning the race in a time of 2:27:08 hours – over ten minutes faster than her previous best.[5] Her second race over the distance that year came at the Frankfurt Marathon, where she again finished under two and a half hours to take fourth place.[6] Firehiwot won the Boulogne-Billancourt Half Marathon in November with a course record time of 1:09:26 – the first time a woman had run under an hour and ten minutes at the race.[7]
She fell back in the second half the 2010 Mumbai Marathon, eventually taking fifth place,[8] but returned to form at the Rome Marathon, where she defended her title in a best of 2:25:28 hours She set a previous personal best of 2:25:28 in the classic distance on March 21, 2010, in Rome, Italy.[9] The 2010 Fifth Third River Bank Run saw her break the course record for the 25K race, beating Joan Samuelson's time which had stood since 1986.[10] She won the Florence Marathon that year, beating second-placed Meseret Mengistu by almost two minutes.[11]
Firehiwot took an unprecedented third straight title in Rome in 2011 and knocked over a minute off her best in the process, completing the race in 2:24:13 hours.[12] She established herself among the world's foremost women marathon runners with a victory at the 2011 New York City Marathon, where she held off Buzunesh Deba and Mary Keitany to win in a time of 2:23:15 hours.[13] She opened her 2012 season with a course record win at the New York City Half Marathon, where she maintained a fast starting pace to hold off Kim Smith and set a new best of 1:08:35 hours.[14] The 2012 Boston Marathon was undertaken in warm conditions and she managed fourth place behind a Kenyan trio.[15] She won the 2014 Prague Marathon in a time of 2:23:34 as six Ethiopians finished in the top six in the women's competition.[16]
Achievements
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Ethiopia
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| 2008 | Košice Peace Marathon | Košice, Slovakia | 2nd | Marathon | 2:37:34 |
| 2009 | Rome City Marathon | Rome, Italy | 1st | Marathon | 2:27:08 |
| Frankfurt Marathon | Frankfurt, Germany | 4th | Marathon | 2:29:20 | |
| 2010 | Mumbai Marathon | Mumbai, India | 5th | Marathon | 2:33:38 |
| Rome City Marathon | Rome, Italy | 1st | Marathon | 2:25:28 | |
| Florence Marathon | Florence, Italy | 1st | Marathon | 2:28:58 | |
| 2011 | Rome City Marathon | Rome, Italy | 1st | Marathon | 2:24:13 |
| New York City Marathon | New York City, US | 1st | Marathon | 2:23:15 | |
| 2012 | New York City Half Marathon | New York, US | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:08:35 |
| Boston Marathon | Massachusetts, US | 4th | Marathon | 2:34:56 | |
| 2014 | Prague Marathon | Prague, Czech Republic | 1st | Marathon | 2:23:34 |
References
edit- ^ FIREHIWOT DADO Archived 2018-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. 116th Boston Marathon. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ Firehiwot Dado Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Elite Sports Management International. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ Benchrif, Mohammed (18 May 2008). "26,000 take part in Casablanca's Women's Run". IAAF. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Juck, Alfons (5 October 2008). "Fighing [sic] strong winds, Yirdawe takes Kosice Peace Marathon in 2:10:51". IAAF. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (22 March 2009). "Kiptoo clocks 2:07:17 in Rome, fastest ever in Italy". IAAF. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Butcher, Pat (25 October 2009). "Kirwa breaks course record with 2:06:14 in Frankfurt". IAAF. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ Boulogne-Billancourt Half-Marathon History Archived November 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Semi-marathon de Boulogne-Billancourt. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ^ Krishnan, Ram. Murali (17 January 2010). "Ndiso and Urgesa take Mumbai titles". IAAF. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (21 March 2010). "Ethiopian double as Rome celebrates Bikila – Rome Marathon report". IAAF. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Post, Marty (18 May 2011). River Bank 25 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (29 November 2010). "Beating the rain and cold, Dado and debutante Tadese triumph in Florence". IAAF. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (20 March 2011). "Dado takes third straight Rome title as Chumba surprises". IAAF. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Morse, Parker (6 November 2011). "G. Mutai smashes course record, Dado the surprise women's winner in New York". IAAF. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Kirui and Dado triumph in New York Half Marathon". IAAF. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Morse, Parker (16 April 2012). "Korir and Cherop the best as warm weather slows Boston". IAAF. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Kenya's Terer wins Prague international marathon, Ethiopia's Dado claims women's race". The Republic. 11 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
