Moges Taye’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Long-distance runner from Ethiopia
Is Athlete 
Runner 
Long-distance runner 
Marathon runner 
From Ethiopia 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 12 December 1973, Shewa
Age: 46 years
Star sign Sagittarius

Moges Taye (born December 12, 1973 in Showa) is a long-distance runner from Ethiopia. His breakthrough performance came at the Rome City Marathon in 1996, which he won in a time of 2:12:03. He represented Ethiopia in the marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics, but failed to finish the race.

At the 1997 Istanbul Marathon he won in a course record time of 2:13:37 – a time which went unbettered for almost a decade. Further to this, Taye would go on to defend his title for the next two years becoming the only man to have won the race on three occasions. In 1998 he won the Tiberias Marathon in a course record time of 2:12:51, beating Kevin Shaw’s previous mark by more than a minute. Later that year he won the 1998 edition of the Vienna Marathon. He won the Venice Marathon in 2001. Making his second international road appearance, he ran at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in the marathon but failed to finish the race. He won the 2004 edition of the Nagano Marathon in Japan.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Ethiopia
1996 Rome City Marathon Rome, Italy 1st Marathon 2:12:03
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece — Marathon DNF
1998 Vienna Marathon Vienna, Austria 1st Marathon 2:10:08
2000 Rome City Marathon Rome, Italy 4th Marathon 2:09:49
2001 Venice Marathon Venice, Italy 1st Marathon 2:11:59
2003 World Championships Paris, France — Marathon DNF
2004 Nagano Marathon Nagano, Japan 1st Marathon 2:13:09
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