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EthiopiaAll-Africa Games Silver 2011 Maputo Half marathon Mamitu Daska Molisa (born 16 October 1983 in Liteshoa), also known as Mamitu Deska, is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in road running events, including the marathon. She is a two-time team silver medallist at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She has won the Dubai Marathon and Houston Marathon and has a personal best of 2:24:19 hours for the distance.
She gained representation with Elite Sports Management International in 2006 and began competing in road races in Spain that year. She won her first races the following year, taking the Route du Vin Half Marathon title and the Sedan-Charleville 24.3 km race in France.[1][2] Among her other outings that year, she was runner-up at the 20 kilomètres de Maroilles, third at the Parkersburg Half Marathon and fourth places at the 20 Kilomètres de Paris and Falmouth Road Race.[3][4]
Running for Oromia Police, she was sixth at the Jan Meda Cross Country in February 2008 – a finish which gained her selection for the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.[5] She finished twelfth at the world event held in Amman and she was part of the silver medal-winning Ethiopian women's team.[6] She travelled to the United States in May and won the Bolder Boulder 10K and was second at the Freihofer's Run for Women.[4] That August she won the 7-mile Falmouth race and set a personal best at the New York City Half Marathon, coming in second place behind Paula Radcliffe in a time of 1:11:04 hours.[7] Mamitu made her debut over the marathon distance in September and performed well, recording a time of 2:26:38 hours to take third place at the high-profile Berlin Marathon.[8] More improvements came at the Delhi Half Marathon, where she finished the race in 68:07 minutes for fourth place.[4] She ended the year with a win at the Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race in Nigeria.[9]
Mamitu began 2010 with a career best run of 2:24:19 hours to take a marathon victory on her second outing over the distance – her win at the Dubai Marathon earned her $250,000 in prize money.[10] Her road success translated to cross country as she came second at the Ethiopian championship behind Meselech Melkamu.[11] At the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Poland in March she improved upon her performance from the previous year, coming eighth and again taking the team silver with Ethiopia.[12] She turned to the American road circuit later that year and won the Bolder Boulder, was the runner-up at the Lilac Bloomsday Run, and had podium finishes at the Bay to Breakers and Freihofer's 5K.[4] She was invited as one of the elite women's runners at the 2010 Chicago Marathon and was sixth in a time of 2:28:29 hours.[13] As in 2010, she closed her year at the Obudu Race and was second on this occasion.[4]
She posted a time of 2:26:33 hours to win the Houston Marathon in January 2011, completing an Ethiopian sweep of the top two with Ashu Kasim.[14] She was runner-up at both the Bolder Boulder and the Bay to Breakers races, later going on to win for the first time at the Freihofer's Run for Women.[15]
References
- ^ Sedan-Charleville 24.3 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2010-10-05). Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
- ^ Route du Vin Half Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2010-09-28). Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
- ^ Parham, Edward (2009-05-28). Johnson to battle with top Africans as she attempts fourth 5km win in New York. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
- ^ a b c d e Mamitu Daska. ESMI. Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
- ^ Negash, Elshadai (2009-02-22). Ayalew's surprise, Gebremariam's comeback highlight Ethiopia’s World Cross Country trials. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
- ^ 2009 World XC - Senior Race - W Final. IAAF (2009-03-28). Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
- ^ Tola defends title; Radcliffe dominates in New York. IAAF (2009-08-16). Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
- ^ Wenig, Jorg (2009-09-20). Gebrselassie takes fourth Berlin Marathon title. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
- ^ Ouma, Mark (2009-12-01). Ethiopian double at Obudu International. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
- ^ Butcher, Pat (2010-01-21). Gebrselassie fights off back pain and late race challenge to collect third Dubai victory. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
- ^ Negash, Elshadai (2010-02-21). Melkamu and unheralded A. Bekele take Ethiopian World XC trials titles. IAAF. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
- ^ Senior Race - W Final. IAAF (2010-03-28). Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
- ^ Mamitu Daska. Marathon Info. Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
- ^ Daba breaks Houston record with rainy 2:07:04 run. IAAF (2011-01-31). Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
- ^ Parham, Edward (2011-06-04). Daska dominates in Albany 5K. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
External links
Categories:- Living people
- 1983 births
- Ethiopian long-distance runners
- Female long-distance runners
- Ethiopian sportswomen
- Marathon runners
- People from Oromia Region
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