Sisay Lemma

Sisay Lemma Kasaye (born 12 December 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.

Career Sisay Lemma began his running career at 17 and initially competed barefoot due to a lack of running shoes.

2012 Sisay won the Maratona d'Italia.

2013 Sisay was fifth in the Tiberias Marathon, won the Orlen Warsaw Marathon and finished fourth at the Eindhoven Marathon.

2015 Sisay was fifth at the Dubai Marathon in January in 2:07:06, won the Vienna City Marathon in April in 2:07:31 and the Frankfurt Marathon in October where he ran a personal best of 2:06:26.

2016 In 2016 he improved his best to 2:05:16 at the Dubai Marathon where he finished fourth.

2017 In 2017, he was third at the Dubai Marathon in January and fourth at the Chicago Marathon in October, but he did not finish the Boston Marathon in April.

2018 In 2018, he began the season with a fifth-place finish at the Dubai Marathon on 26 January, a personal best of 2:04:08. In October, he broke the Ljubljana Marathon record with a time of 2:04:58.

2019 He finished third at the 2019 Berlin Marathon, improving his personal best to 2:03:36.

2020 Lemma finished third at the 2020 Tokyo Marathon on 1 March in 2:04:51. At the 2020 London Marathon, he finished in third place at 2.05:45.

2021 Sisay won the 2021 London Marathon in a time of 2:04:01.

2023 In 2023, he won and set the course record for the Valencia Marathon at 2:01:48, becoming the 4th man to run under 2:02 clocking.

2024 Sisay won the 2024 Boston Marathon at 2:06:17. He led the race from wire-to-wire, finishing 41 seconds ahead of the 2nd-place finisher Mohamed Esa (2:06:58).

Lemma was due to represent Ethiopia in the 2024 Olympic Marathon taking place in Paris, France, but had to pull out due to injury, his replacement Tamirat Tola ultimately winning the gold.

World Major Marathons

Personal bests Outdoor