Native name Teferi Marhu Sport Running Weight 52 kg | National team Israel Height 1.64 m Event Marathon | |
Born August 17, 1992 (age 24) ( 1992-08-17 ) | ||
Marhu Teferi, also known as Teferi Marhu (born August 17, 1992) is an Ethiopian-born Israeli marathon runner who represented Israel at the 2016 Olympics in the marathon.
Teferi is an Israeli half marathon champion, having won the title in December 2015, ahead of Berihun We've and Israeli Olympian Ageze Guadie.
Due to his 2:18.19 finish in the Rotterdam Marathon in April 2016, in which he came in 23rd, he qualified for the 2016 Olympics.
He competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the marathon, and finished 74th out of 155 runners, with a time of 2:21:06.
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