Negari Terfa

NEGARI TERFA
ETHIOPIA

BIRTHDATE:
1 January 1983

PERSONAL BEST:
2:07:41 (Berlin, 2009)

WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:

20Sep09 real,- Berlin Marathon 3rd 2:07:41

ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

11Apr10 Paris Marathon 11th 2:09:59
02Jan10 Xiamen Marathon 2nd 2:09:40
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 in October of 2008 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 third place peformance at the 2009 real,-Berlin Marathon in 2:07:41 jumped him up to the elite world-class level.