Dereje Nedi
Appearance
Dereje Nedi (born January 13, 1954) is a retired male long-distance runner from Ethiopia. He represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon. He set his personal best (2:10:31) in the classic distance on August 18, 1984, winning the marathon race at the Friendship Games in Moscow.[1]
International competitions
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Ethiopia | |||||
1978 | All-Africa Games | Algiers, Algeria | 2nd | Marathon | 2:23:08 |
1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 7th | Marathon | 2:12:44 |
1981 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | Marathon | 2:12:14 |
1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | — | Marathon | DNF |
1984 | Frankfurt Marathon | Frankfurt, West Germany | 1st | Marathon | 2:11:18 |
Friendship Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 1st | Marathon | 2:10:32 | |
1985 | African Championships | Cairo, Egypt | 3rd | Marathon | 2:25:41 |
1987 | All-Africa Games | Nairobi, Kenya | 2nd | Marathon | 2:15:27 |
1988 | African Championships | Annaba, Algeria | 1st | Marathon | 2:27:51 |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dereje Nedi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Dereje Nedi at World Athletics
Categories:
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Ethiopian male long-distance runners
- Ethiopian male marathon runners
- Olympic athletes for Ethiopia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia
- Frankfurt Marathon male winners
- African Games silver medalists for Ethiopia
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 All-Africa Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games
- Friendship Games medalists in athletics
- 20th-century Ethiopian people
- 21st-century Ethiopian people
- Ethiopian athletics biography stubs