Workenesh Edesa
{{Short description|Ethiopian long-distance runner (born 1992)}}
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Workenesh Edesa (born 11 September 1992) is an Ethiopian marathon runner.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|accessdate=28 January 2025|title=Workenesh Edesa|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/workenesh-edesa-14675188}}
Career
She had her first top eight finish at a major marathon at the 2021 Boston Marathon.{{cite web|date=11 October 2021|title= Kipyogei and Kipruto triumph in Boston|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/boston-marathon-2021-kipyogei-kipruto|website=World Athletics|accessdate=28 January 2025}} She set a personal best of 2:18:51 at the Berlin Marathon in 2022.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|accessdate=28 January 2025|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/osaka-marathon-edesa-salpeter-matsuda|title= Course record-holder Edesa faces Salpeter and Matsuda in Osaka|date=23 January 2025 }} She was upgraded to a third place finish at Tokyo Marathon in 2023 after runner-up Tsehay Gemechu was found guilty of blood doping.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/tokyo-marathon-2023-wanjiru-gelmisa|website=World Athletics|accessdate=28 January 2025|title= Wanjiru and Gelmisa triumph in Tokyo Marathon|date=5 March 2023}}{{cite web|website=ESPN|accessdate=28 January 2025|url= https://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/42113354/marathoner-tsehay-gemechu-gets-4-year-ban-suspected-blood-doping|title= Marathoner Tsehay Gemechu gets 4-year ban for suspected blood doping|date=31 October 2024}}
She set a new course record to win the Sydney Marathon in 2024, running 2:21:40 to take three minutes from the previous best set in 2019 by Stella Barsosio.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/athletics/misoi-edesa-set-new-course-records-sydney-marathon-wins-2024-09-15/|title= Misoi, Edesa set new course records in Sydney marathon wins|website=Reuters|accessdate=28 January 2025|date=September 15, 2024}} It was also the fastest woman's marathon time ever set on Australian soil.{{cite web|url= https://womensagenda.com.au/life/sport/how-workenesh-edesa-gurmesa-recorded-the-fastest-womens-marathon-on-australian-soil/ |website=Womensagenda.com|title= How Workenesh Edesa Gurmesa recorded the fastest women's marathon on Australian soil|first=Brianna |last=Boecker |date=September 17, 2024|access-date=28 January 2025}} She finished seventh at the Boston Marathon in 2024.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/sisay-lemma-hellen-obiri-win-2024-boston-marathon|accessdate=28 January 2025|title=Lemma gains redemption while Obiri retains title in Boston|date=15 April 2024}}
In 2024 and 2025 she won the Osaka Marathon in Japan, equalling her personal best of 2:18:51 to set a course record in 2024, and running 2:21:00 to win in January 2025.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/osaka-marathon-2025-edesa-kobayashi-suzuki|website=World Athletics|accessdate=28 January 2025|date=26 January 2025|title=Edesa retains her title in Osaka}}
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