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Tiki Gelana

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Erba Tiki Gelana (Amharic: ኧርባ ቲኪ ገላና; born 22 October 1987) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. Her personal best of 2:18:58 remained the Ethiopian national record for the event from 2012 to 2017. She won the 2011 Amsterdam Marathon and the 2012 Rotterdam Marathon. She won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics with a time of 2:23:07, a new Olympic record. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Tiki Gelana is the 4,147th most popular athlete (up from 4,378th in 2024), the 76th most popular biography from Ethiopia (up from 82nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Ethiopian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tiki Gelana ranks 4,147 out of 6,025. Before her are Lee Chang-hwan, Tatyana Firova, Olga Kotlyarova, David Robertson, Gunilla Andersson, and Maarten van der Linden. After her are Olaf Winter, Janay DeLoach Soukup, Matthias Mellinghaus, Susanne Gunnarsson, Maximilian Reinelt, and Lyudmila Kolchanova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Tiki Gelana ranks 667. Before her are Rebecca Sugar, Sinem Kobal, Edgar Manucharyan, Alexander Baumjohann, Yuki Furukawa, and Fyodor Kudryashov. After her are Dmitri Kombarov, Edgar Bruno da Silva, Dani Abalo, Ekpe Udoh, Mutsumi Tamura, and Denis Glushakov.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Tiki Gelana ranks 76 out of 105. Before her are Gezahegne Abera (1978), Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (1980), Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1984), Pnina Tamano-Shata (1981), Mohammed Aman (1994), and Tesfaye Tola (1974). After her are Ejegayehu Dibaba (1982), Mare Dibaba (1989), Tariku Bekele (1987), Tsegaye Kebede (1987), Selemon Barega (2000), and Abeba Aregawi (1990).

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Among ATHLETES In Ethiopia

Among athletes born in Ethiopia, Tiki Gelana ranks 24. Before her are Genzebe Dibaba (1991), Almaz Ayana (1991), Gezahegne Abera (1978), Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1984), Mohammed Aman (1994), and Tesfaye Tola (1974). After her are Ejegayehu Dibaba (1982), Mare Dibaba (1989), Tariku Bekele (1987), Tsegaye Kebede (1987), Selemon Barega (2000), and Abeba Aregawi (1990).

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