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About Hailu Negussie
- Hailu Negussie (born April 16, 1978) was the winner of the 109th Boston Marathon in 2005.
- He finished with a time of 2:11:45 and became the first Ethiopian to win the Boston Marathon since Abebe Mekonnen won the race in 1989.
- His personal best for the marathon is 2:08:16. Negussie tried to defend his Boston title in 2006.
- However, he dropped out of the race just past the halfway point.
- Kenyan Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot broke the course record that year.
- Negussie has also won the Hofu Marathon in 2002 (with a personal best time of 2:08:16) and the Xiamen Marathon (with a time of 2:09:03) in 2003.
- He also finished 5th in the 2003 Fukuoka Marathon and 2nd in the 2002 Hamburg Marathon.
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