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Maru Abinet Teferi (Amharic: ማሩ ኣቢነት ተፈሪ; Hebrew: מארו אבינת טפרי; born 17 August 1992), also known as Teferi Marhu, is an Israeli marathon and half marathon runner, and an Olympian. He won a silver medal in men's marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, a silver medal in marathon at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, a gold medal in the 2022 European Marathon Cup, and the gold medal at the 2022 Fukuoka Marathon. He represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, and again represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 2020 Olympic Marathon. He has set Israeli records in both the marathon and half marathon. Teferi represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's marathon, and came in 26th.
Teferi was born in Dangila, Ethiopia, and is Jewish. He was born to an Ethiopian-Jewish family He immigrated to Israel at the age of 14 in 2006 along with most of his family. While studying at the Ben Shemen Youth Village, he started training for long distance runs.
His wife Selamawit "Selam" Dagnachew Teferi, whom he married in January 2017, was born in Ethiopia and became an Israeli citizen in 2018 on account of their marriage. She is a mid- and long-distance runner also qualified to compete for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics. They live in Kiryat Ata, in Haifa, and train together.
Teferi's training schedule is to wake up at 5:30 am, do a morning workout, rest, take an afternoon nap, and then do another workout in the evening. He runs 200 kilometers (124 miles) a week, over 30 kilometers (19 miles) per day.
Teferi is an Israeli half marathon champion, having won the title in December 2015, ahead of Berihun We've and Israeli Olympian Ageze Guadie.
Due to his 2:18.19 finish in the Rotterdam Marathon in April 2016, in which he came in 23rd, Teferi qualified for the 2016 Olympics.
Teferi competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the marathon, and finished 74th out of 155 runners, with a time of 2:21:06.
In January 2018, Teferi finished in second place (2:18.35) at the Tiberias Marathon. On 12 August 2018, he ran a 2:13:00 and broke the Israeli marathon record (set in 2003 by Ayele Seteng), while coming in seventh in the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany.
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Maru Teferi
Maru Abinet Teferi (Amharic: ማሩ ኣቢነት ተፈሪ; Hebrew: מארו אבינת טפרי; born 17 August 1992), also known as Teferi Marhu, is an Israeli marathon and half marathon runner, and an Olympian. He won a silver medal in men's marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, a silver medal in marathon at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, a gold medal in the 2022 European Marathon Cup, and the gold medal at the 2022 Fukuoka Marathon. He represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, and again represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 2020 Olympic Marathon. He has set Israeli records in both the marathon and half marathon. Teferi represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's marathon, and came in 26th.
Teferi was born in Dangila, Ethiopia, and is Jewish. He was born to an Ethiopian-Jewish family He immigrated to Israel at the age of 14 in 2006 along with most of his family. While studying at the Ben Shemen Youth Village, he started training for long distance runs.
His wife Selamawit "Selam" Dagnachew Teferi, whom he married in January 2017, was born in Ethiopia and became an Israeli citizen in 2018 on account of their marriage. She is a mid- and long-distance runner also qualified to compete for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics. They live in Kiryat Ata, in Haifa, and train together.
Teferi's training schedule is to wake up at 5:30 am, do a morning workout, rest, take an afternoon nap, and then do another workout in the evening. He runs 200 kilometers (124 miles) a week, over 30 kilometers (19 miles) per day.
Teferi is an Israeli half marathon champion, having won the title in December 2015, ahead of Berihun We've and Israeli Olympian Ageze Guadie.
Due to his 2:18.19 finish in the Rotterdam Marathon in April 2016, in which he came in 23rd, Teferi qualified for the 2016 Olympics.
Teferi competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the marathon, and finished 74th out of 155 runners, with a time of 2:21:06.
In January 2018, Teferi finished in second place (2:18.35) at the Tiberias Marathon. On 12 August 2018, he ran a 2:13:00 and broke the Israeli marathon record (set in 2003 by Ayele Seteng), while coming in seventh in the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany.
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