Negari Terfa
ETHIOPIA
BIRTHDATE:
January 1, 1983
PERSONAL BEST:
2:07:41 (Berlin, 2009)
WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:
20Sep09 real,- Berlin Marathon 3rd 2:07:41
ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
25May09 Los Angeles Marathon 5th 2:10:53
03Jan09 Xiamen Marathon 2nd 2:09:01
26Oct08 EDP Maratona do Porto 3rd 2:13:19
CAREER NOTES:
When Negari Terfa finished third in his marathon debut (2:13:19) at Porto, Portugal last October it didn't attract much attention.
Terfa's next marathon, although a superb 2:09:01 second place by ten seconds at Xiamen, China also went largely unnoticed. He then competed at Los Angeles, falling to a fifth place, 2:10:53 finish.
But his latest marathon placing certainly jumped him up into the elite world-class level. It came at the real,-Berlin Marathon, a 2:07:41 which clinched a third place performance.
Terfa is now the llth fastest Ethiopian marathoner of all-time.
