Fatuma Sado

rdf:langString Fatuma Sado

rdf:langString Fatuma Sado Dergo (born 11 October 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. She has a personal best of 2:26:09 hours and has won marathons in Hamburg, Los Angeles and Xiamen. Fatuma signed up with athletics agents Elite Sports Management International and began running at international road races at the age of eighteen. In her first year of competition abroad she won the in a time of 31:39 minutes, ran 1:11:44 for third at the and came second at the in China. She opened 2011 with personal bests of 69:02 for the half marathon (runner-up at the Humarathon) and 51:10 for 15 km (second at the ). In May she made her debut over the full marathon distance and it was a successful one as she won the Hamburg Marathon with a run of 2:28:30 hours. Later that year she improved to 2:28:01 with a run at the Istanbul Marathon, coming second behind stablemate . Fatuma had five outings in the 2012 season and built her standing as an elite marathon runner. She was runner-up at the Mumbai Marathon in January (running 2:30:20) and finished in 2:25:39 hours on the Los Angeles Marathon's downhill course, where she won the women's race and also the gender challenge, which saw the women's field start 17 minutes and 31 seconds ahead of the elite men. She claimed the title and set the course record at the Pittsburgh Half Marathon in May then entered her first major marathon at the 2012 Chicago Marathon, where she placed seventh in a personal best 2:26:09 hours. She closed the year with a win at the Zhuhai Half Marathon. The Xiamen Marathon was her first race of 2013 and she won the third marathon of her career with a time of 2:27:35 hours.