Fikrte Wereta
{{Short description|Ethiopian long-distance runner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
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| nationality = Ethiopian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|9|21|df=y}}
| sport = Athletics
| event = Long-distance running (Marathon, Half Marathon)
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Fikrte Wereta (born 21 September 2000) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner specializing in marathon and half marathon races. She won the 2024 Seoul Marathon and the 2025 Meishan Renshou Half Marathon. Her personal best in the marathon is 2:21:32.
Career
In 2022, Wereta placed second at the Hamburg Marathon with a time of 2:26:15.{{cite web |title=Both course records fall – 15,000 runners ensure a grandiose running festival |url=https://haspa-marathon-hamburg.de/en/both-course-records-fall-15000-runners-ensure-a-grandiose-running-festival/ |website=Haspa Marathon Hamburg |date=25 April 2022 |access-date=17 May 2025}}
Her breakthrough came in 2024 when she won the Seoul Marathon, a World Athletics Platinum Label Road Race, clocking a personal best of 2:21:32.{{cite web |title=Ethiopians Yimer and Wereta Clinch Victory with Huge Personal Bests at Seoul Marathon |url=https://www.watchathletics.com/article/12918/ethiopians-yimer-and-wereta-clinch-victory-with-huge-personal-bests-at-seoul-marathon |website=Watch Athletics |date=17 March 2024 |access-date=17 May 2025}}{{cite web |title=Seoul Marathon: Fikrte Wereta and Jemal Yimer crowned winners |url=https://sportnewsafrica.com/en/breve/seoul-marathon-fikrte-wereta-and-jemal-yimer-crowned-winners/ |website=Sport News Africa |date=23 March 2024 |access-date=17 May 2025}}
Wereta had a strong start to the 2025 season. She finished third at the Xiamen Marathon on 5 January with a time of 2:23:15 in a World Athletics Elite Platinum Label event.{{cite web |title=Ethiopian runners sweep Xiamen Marathon titles with new course records |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202501/05/WS677a2996a310f1265a1d908a.html |website=China Daily |date=5 January 2025 |access-date=17 May 2025}} In February, she won the Meishan Renshou Half Marathon in China with a new personal best and Chinese all-comers' record of 1:06:28. This was also a World Athletics Platinum Label Road Race.{{cite web |title=Wereta and Matata run Chinese all-comers' records in Meishan |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/meishan-renshou-half-marathon-2025-matata-wereta |website=World Athletics |date=1 March 2025 |access-date=17 May 2025}}
She was scheduled to defend her Seoul Marathon title in March 2025.{{cite web |title=Yimer and Wereta to defend titles in Seoul |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/seoul-marathon-2025-yimer-wereta |website=World Athletics |date=13 March 2025 |access-date=17 May 2025}}
Personal bests
As of May 2025:
- Half Marathon – 1:06:28 (Meishan, 23 February 2025){{cite web |title=Fikrte WERETA Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/fikrte-wereta-15028742 |website=World Athletics |access-date=17 May 2025}}
- Marathon – 2:21:32 (Seoul, 17 March 2024)
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics profile|id=15028742}}
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Category:Ethiopian female long-distance runners
Category:Ethiopian female marathon runners