Tsegaye Kebede, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tsegaye Kebede

Ethiopian long-distance runner

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1987

Place of Birth: Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Profession: long-distance runner, athletics competitor, marathon runner

Nationality: Ethiopia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Tsegaye Kebede Wordofa (Amharic: ??? ??? ????; born 15 January 1987) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running events, including marathons.
He quickly rose to become a prominent distance runner after his international debut at the Amsterdam Marathon in 2007.
In his second year of professional running, he won the Paris Marathon, the Fukuoka Marathon and won the marathon bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the 2009 season he established himself as one of Ethiopia's top athletes: he came second in the London Marathon and at his first World Championships in Athletics he took the bronze medal in the marathon.
He retained his Fukuoka Marathon title at the end of 2009, running the fastest ever marathon race in Japan.
He won the 2010 London Marathon – his first World Marathon Major – and the 2013 London Marathon.