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Maru Teferi

Maru Teferi is an Israeli marathon runner who won silver medals at the 2023 World Athletics Championships and the 2022 European Athletics Championships.

born 19922023 World Championships marathon silverIsraeli marathon records3 Olympic marathons for Israel

Born: 17 August 1992, Dangila
Occupation: athletics competitor

Maru Teferi was born in 1992 in Dangila

Teferi was born on 17 August 1992 in Dangila, Ethiopia, to a Jewish family. His mother died when he was 8. In 2006 he immigrated to Israel with his father and 2 of his siblings.

He first lived at an absorption center in Kiryat Yam and learned Hebrew. He later studied at the Ben Shemen Youth Village, where he began running after joining his school team for a cross country race.

He served in the army with the status of an excelling athlete, at the Tel HaShomer base.

He joined Maccabi Tel Aviv and moved from track events to the marathon in 2015. He ran the marathon at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Olympics and set Israeli records in the marathon and half marathon. In 2022 he won the Fukuoka Marathon, and in 2023 he won silver at the World Championships in Budapest.

In January 2017 he married runner Selamawit Dagnachew Teferi. They live in Kiryat Ata and train together.

Milestones in Maru Teferi's life

2006
Immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia.
2010
Ran his first international race at the World Junior Cross Country Championships in Poland.
2015
Moved to marathon running and won the Israeli half marathon title.
2016
Ran the marathon at the Rio Olympics.
2018
Broke the Israeli marathon record at the European Championships in Berlin.
2021
Finished 13th in the Olympic marathon in Tokyo.
2022
Won silver in the marathon at the European Championships in Munich.
2022
Won the Fukuoka Marathon with a new Israeli record.
2023
Won silver in the marathon at the World Championships in Budapest.
2024
Finished 26th in the marathon at the Paris Olympics.