Fatuma Sado

{{short description|Ethiopian long-distance runner}}

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Fatuma Sado Dergo (born 11 October 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. She has a personal best of 2:26:09 hours and has won marathons in Hamburg, Los Angeles and Xiamen.

Fatuma signed up with athletics agents Elite Sports Management International and began running at international road races at the age of eighteen. In her first year of competition abroad she won the Casablanca 10K in a time of 31:39 minutes, ran 1:11:44 for third at the Rabat Half Marathon and came second at the Zhuhai Half Marathon in China. She opened 2011 with personal bests of 69:02 for the half marathon (runner-up at the Humarathon) and 51:10 for 15 km (second at the 15 km du Puy-en-Velay).[http://www.esmintl.com/athleteDetails.asp?id=165 Fatuma Sado] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707090512/http://www.esmintl.com/athleteDetails.asp?id=165 |date=2012-07-07 }}. Elite Sports Management International. Retrieved on 2013-02-07. In May she made her successful debut over the full marathon distance, as she won the Hamburg Marathon with a run of 2:28:30 hours.[http://www.eiba-gmbh.de/2011/05/23/haspa-marathon-hamburg-am-22-mai-2011/ Haspa Marathon Hamburg am 22. Mai 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130412070546/http://www.eiba-gmbh.de/2011/05/23/haspa-marathon-hamburg-am-22-mai-2011/ |date=2013-04-12 }}. Eiba (2011-05-22). Retrieved on 2013-02-07. Later that year she improved to 2:28:01 with a run at the Istanbul Marathon, coming second behind stablemate Alemitu Abera.Kurdyumova, Yelena & Porada, Sergey (2011-10-17). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/kiplagat-defends-in-cold-and-rainy-istanbul Kiplagat defends in cold and rainy Istanbul]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-07.

Fatuma had five outings in the 2012 season and built her standing as an elite marathon runner. She was runner-up at the Mumbai Marathon in January (running 2:30:20)Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2012-01-15). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/abeyo-notches-course-record-while-moiben-edge Abeyo notches course record, while Moiben edges Assefa in Mumbai]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-07. and finished in 2:25:39 hours on the Los Angeles Marathon's downhill course, where she won the women's race and also the gender challenge, which saw the women's field start 17 minutes and 31

seconds ahead of the elite men.Holmes, Baxter (2012-03-28). [https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2012-mar-18-la-sp-sn-la-marathon3-20120318-story.html Fatuma Sado wins women's L.A. Marathon, Simon Njoroge wins men's]. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2013-02-07. She claimed the title and set the course record at the Pittsburgh Half Marathon in May{{cite news

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}} then entered her first major marathon at the 2012 Chicago Marathon, where she placed seventh in a personal best of 2:26:09 hours.[http://results.public.chicagomarathon.com/2012/ 2012 Chicago Marathon results]. Chicago Marathon. Retrieved on 2013-02-02. She closed the year with a win at the Zhuhai Half Marathon.

The Xiamen Marathon was her first race of 2013 and she won the third marathon of her career with a time of 2:27:35 hours.Jalava, Mirko (2013-01-05). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/terfa-breaks-course-record-in-xiamen Terfa breaks course record in Xiamen]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-07. Later that year she also participated at the Lille Half Marathon, placing fifth with a time of 1:12:27 hours.{{Cite web |last=Larner |first=Brett |title=Kipruto and Chepkemoi Take 2013 Lille Half Marathon Titles |url=https://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2013/09/kipruto-and-chepkemoi-take-2013-lille.html |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=japanrunningnews.blogspot.com |language=en}} Since 2013, she has continued to participate in various races around the world. In 2014, she won the Beijing Marathon with a time of 2:30:03 hours,{{Cite web |title=Results of 2014 Beijing Marathon - Sports - Chinadaily.com.cn |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2014-10/19/content_18766225.htm |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}} and in 2015, she set her personal best marathon time of 2:24:16 hours at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon, placing third.{{Cite web |last= |date=2015-10-18 |title=Results: Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Results |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/10/results-scotiabank-toronto-waterfront-marathon-results/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=LetsRun.com |language=en}} She came back to the Xiamen Marathon in 2018 to take first place again, with a time of 2:26:41 hours,{{Cite web |title=Sado beats the rain to regain Xiamen Marathon title {{!}} PREVIEW {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/preview/sado-debela-win-xiamen-marathon |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=www.worldathletics.org}} and she won the Osaka International Women's Marathon in 2019 with a time of 2:25:39.{{Cite web |title=Sado triumphs at Osaka Women's Marathon {{!}} REPORT {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/sadowins-osaka-womens-marathon-2019 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=www.worldathletics.org}}