Roza Dereje

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Roza Dereje Bekele (born 9 May 1997) is an Ethiopian marathon runner.

Career

In 2016 and 2017 she won the Shanghai Marathon.

In 2018, she won the Dubai Marathon in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with a time of 2:19:17 which was a new course record at the time. The following year Ruth Chepngetich set a new course record of 2:17:08.

In 2019, she finished in 3rd place in the London Marathon.{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1078540/kipchoge-clocks-second-fastest-time-in-history-to-win-fourth-london-marathon-title|title=Kipchoge clocks second fastest time in history to win fourth London Marathon title|last=Pavitt|first=Michael|date=28 April 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=27 December 2019}} In 2019, she also won the Valencia Marathon and she also set a new course record of 2:18:30.{{Cite news|url=https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/news/a30105437/records-valencia-marathon/|title=All the records broken at the Valencia Marathon|last=McGuire|first=Jane|date=3 December 2019|work=Runner's World|access-date=27 December 2019}} She also competed in the women's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.{{cite web|title=Marathon Women − Final − Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-MAR-W-f----.RS6.pdf|publisher=IAAF|date=28 September 2019|accessdate=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928091007/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-MAR-W-f----.RS6.pdf|archive-date=28 September 2019}} She did not finish her race.

She finished in 4th place in the women's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|title=Athletics - DEREJE Roza|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1352024-dereje-roza.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-08-09|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-date=2021-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809010352/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1352024-dereje-roza.htm}}

Achievements

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{ETH}}
rowspan=2 \| 2016 \| H.C. Andersen Marathon \| Odense, Denmark \| bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| Marathon \| 2:31:16
Shanghai Marathon \| Shanghai, China \| bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| Marathon \| 2:26:18
2017 \| Shanghai Marathon \| Shanghai, China \| bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| Marathon \| 2:22:43
rowspan=2 \| 2018 \| Dubai Marathon \| Dubai, United Arab Emirates \| bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| Marathon \| 2:19:17
Chicago Marathon \| Chicago, United States \| bgcolor=silver \| 2nd \| Marathon \| 2:21:18
rowspan=3 \| 2019 \| London Marathon \| London, United Kingdom \| bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd \| Marathon \| 2:20:51
World Championships \|Doha, Qatar \| – \|Marathon \|DNF
Valencia Marathon \| Valencia, Spain \| bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| Marathon \| 2:18:30
2021 \|Olympic Games \|Sapporo, Japan \|4th \|Marathon \|2:28:38

colspan="6"|Representing {{ETH}}

rowspan=2 | 2016

| H.C. Andersen Marathon

| Odense, Denmark

| bgcolor=gold | 1st

| Marathon

| 2:31:16

Shanghai Marathon

| Shanghai, China

| bgcolor=gold | 1st

| Marathon

| 2:26:18