Bayelign Teshager
Bayelign Teshager (born February 9, 2000) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and winner of the 2020 Los Angeles Marathon.[1]
Career
[edit]Teshager competed in both the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race (finishing 12th in a time of 23:35[2]) and the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
In March 2019, he ran a 1:00:31 half marathon at the Azkoitia-Azpeitia Half Marathon in Spain.[3][4]
In March 2020, Teshager beat more than 23,000 to win the 35th Los Angeles Marathon in his marathon debut. His time was 2:08:25.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bayelign Teshager—Profile". World Athletics. World Athletics. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "U20 Race men IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017". World Athletics. IAAF. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ Reid, Scott (March 8, 2020). "LA Marathon: For winners Teshager and Muriuki, the best may be yet to come". Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Azkoitia-Azpeitia Half Marathon". Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Ethiopia's Bayelign Teshager, Kenya's Margaret Muriuki win L.A. Marathon". ESPN. Associated Press. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
