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Place of Birth: Gojjam, Ethiopia
About Terefe Maregu
- Terefe Maregu Zewdie (born 1982 in Gojjam), also known as Dereje Maregu and Zwedo Maregu, is an Ethiopian runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.
- His personal best time is 13:06.39 minutes, achieved in July 2004 in Rome. His breakthrough year came in 2004: he took the individual bronze medal and team gold in the short race at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and then went on to take the 5000 m title at the 2004 African Championships in Athletics.
- He won the Cross Internacional de Itálica in 2005 and went on to win team gold at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships that year.
- Tarefe won the Carlsbad 5000 in 2008, beating Mo Farah to the finish line.
- He also won the Boilermaker Road Race that year.
- He set a half marathon best of 1:01:14 in late 2009 with a third-place finish behind Haile Gebrselassie at the Oporto Half Marathon.In 2010, he also took third at the Berlin Half Marathon, running 1:00:24 in wet conditions.
- He finished in third place at the BIG 25 race (also in Berlin) in May that year, running a time of 1:13:16.
- He made his marathon debut in October at the Frankfurt Marathon and he completed the race with a sub-2:10 run, securing sixth place in 2:09:03.
- He was also sixth at the Seoul International Marathon in March 2011, but was much slower (2:15:15) in that race.
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