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Quick Facts
Represents: Ethiopia
Age:
27 (June 7, 1984)
Hometown: Walega, Ethiopia
Residence: Addis Ababa
Affiliation: adidas
Coach: Haji Adillo
Personal Bests:
1500m 3:33.83 (2005)
3000m 7:38.11 (2005)
3000m(i) 7:32.69 (2007)
2 Miles 8:19.61 (2006)
2 Miles(i) 8:08.39 (2004)
5000m 13:00.25 (2005)
5000m(i) 13:31.71 (2009)
5km 13:32 (2003)
Marathon 2:06:35 (2011) |
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Career Highlights
- 2011 Honda Los Angeles Marathon Champion
- Bronze Medalist, 2004 World Indoor Championships 3000m
- 2005 World Championships team, 1500m
- Gold Medalist, 2001 World Youth Championships 3000m
- Silver Medalist, 2002 World Junior Championships 5000m
- 6th, 2004 World Athletics Final 3000m
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Background
 Although often overshadowed by his countrymen, Markos Geneti has shown a distinct flair for the dramatic in his career. In February 2004, he stunned the track world when he nipped none other than Haile Gebrselassie at the tape in an indoor 2-mile race at the Norwich Union Grand Prix, and in 2005 he defeated Gebrselassie’s successor, Kenenisa Bekele, at the same distance.
In 2005, Markos once again rose to the occasion. A supposed 3000m “specialist,” he hit the World Championship “A” standard for 1500m in his first try, after not racing the distance for four years. It was also the last possible meet in which he could qualify. |
