Degitu Azimeraw

Degitu Azimeraw Asires (born 24 January 1999) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon, half marathon, and track events. She is a silver medalist at the African Games and has achieved podium finishes in World Marathon Majors.

Career Degitu Azimeraw began her international career as a teenager, winning the 2017 Tata Steel Kolkata 25K in her first international race with a course record of 1:26:01. In 2018, she significantly improved her to 1:06:47 at the RAK Half Marathon and won the Gifu Half Marathon in Japan.

In 2019, she further lowered her personal best to 1:06:07 at the RAK Half Marathon. Representing Ethiopia, she won a silver medal in the women's half marathon at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco, finishing in 1:10:31. Later that year, in her marathon debut, she won the 2019 Amsterdam Marathon in a course record time of 2:19:26, which was the second fastest debut marathon time for a woman in history. She competed at the 2025 Tokyo Marathon, finishing eighth with a time of 2:20:26.

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