Sisay Lemma Kasaye (born 12 December 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.
Career Sisay Lemma began his running career at 17 and initially competed barefoot due to a lack of running shoes.
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.
2015 Sisay was fifth at the Dubai Marathon in January in 2:07:06, won the Vienna City MarathonIAAF: Lemma and Neuenschwander take the honours at the Vienna City Marathon. 12 April 2015 in April in 2:07:31 and the Frankfurt Marathon in October where he ran a personal best of 2:06:26.Frankfurt Marathon: Arne Gabius bricht deutschen Rekord mit 2:08:33 Stunden, Äthiopier Sisay Lemma und Gulume Tollesa siegen in Frankfurt 25 October 2015
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.
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.
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.
2024 Sisay won the 2024 Boston Marathon at 2:06:17. He led the race from wire-to-wire, finishing 41 seconds ahead of the 2nd-place finisher Mohamed Esa (2:06:58).
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 LocationDateNotes2017 Chicago Marathon4th2:11:01Chicago2017 Oct 08World Major Marathon debut2017 Boston MarathonDNFBoston2017 Apr 172019 Berlin Marathon3rd2:03:36Berlin2019 Sep 29Personal best time2020 Tokyo Marathon3rd2:04:51Tokyo2020 Mar 12020 London Marathon3rd2:05:45London2020 Oct 42021 London Marathon1st2:04:01London2021 Oct 2First World Major Marathon win 2024 Boston Marathon1st2:06:17Boston2024 Apr 1510th fastest time in race history
Personal bests Outdoor EventTimeDatePlaceHalf Marathon1:02:06 23 May 2015GothenburgMarathon2:01:483 December 2023Valencia
Sisay LEMMA | Profile | World Athletics. (2021). Worldathletics.Org. Retrieved 2 January 2022, from https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/sisay-lemma-14547527
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