Sisay Lemma

Sisay Lemma
	Lemma during the Vienna City Marathon 2015 at km 10 (Opera)
Personal information
Full name	Sisay Lemma Kasaye
Nationality	Ethiopian
Born	12 December 1990 (age 33); Cheki, North Shewa, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon

Sisay Lemma Kasaye (born 12 December 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.^[1]

Career

Sisay Lemma began his running career at 17 and initially competed barefoot due to a lack of running shoes.^[2]

2012

Sisay won the Maratona d'Italia.

2013

Sisay was fifth in the Tiberias Marathon, won the Orlen Warsaw Marathon and finished fourth at the Eindhoven Marathon.^[3]

2015

Sisay was fifth at the Dubai Marathon in January in 2:07:06, won the Vienna City Marathon^[4] in April in 2:07:31 and the Frankfurt Marathon in October where he ran a personal best of 2:06:26.^[5]^[6]

2016

In 2016 he improved his best to 2:05:16 at the Dubai Marathon where he finished fourth.

2017

In 2017, he was third at the Dubai Marathon in January and fourth at the Chicago Marathon in October, but he did not finish the Boston Marathon in April.

2018

In 2018, he began the season with a fifth-place finish at the Dubai Marathon on 26 January, a personal best of 2:04:08. In October, he broke the Ljubljana Marathon record with a time of 2:04:58.^[7]

2019

He finished third at the 2019 Berlin Marathon, improving his personal best to 2:03:36.

2020

Lemma finished third at the 2020 Tokyo Marathon on 1 March in 2:04:51. At the 2020 London Marathon, he finished in third place at 2.05:45.

2021

Sisay won the 2021 London Marathon in a time of 2:04:01.^[8]

2023

In 2023, he won and set the course record for the Valencia Marathon at 2:01:48, becoming the 4th man to run under 2:02 clocking. ^[9]^[10]

2024

Sisay won the 2024 Boston Marathon at 2:06:17.^[11] He led the race from wire-to-wire, finishing 41 seconds ahead of the 2nd-place finisher Mohamed Esa (2:06:58).^[12]

Lemma was due to represent Ethiopia in the 2024 Olympic Marathon taking place in Paris, France, but had to pull out due to injury, his replacement Tamirat Tola ultimately winning the gold.

World Major Marathons

Competition	Rank	Time	Location	Date	Notes
2017 Chicago Marathon	4th	2:11:01	Chicago	2017 Oct 08	World Major Marathon debut
2017 Boston Marathon	DNF		Boston	2017 Apr 17
2019 Berlin Marathon	3rd	2:03:36	Berlin	2019 Sep 29	Personal best time
2020 Tokyo Marathon	3rd	2:04:51	Tokyo	2020 Mar 1
2020 London Marathon	3rd	2:05:45	London	2020 Oct 4
2021 London Marathon	1st	2:04:01	Berlin	2021 Oct 2	First World Major Marathon win
2024 Boston Marathon	1st	2:06:17	Boston	2024 Apr 15	10th fastest time in race history