Maru Teferi
Ethiopian-born Israeli marathon runner
Maru Abinet Teferi (Amharic: ማሩ ኣቢነት ተፈሪ; Hebrew: מארו אבינת טפרי; born 17 August 1992), also known as Teferi Marhu, is an Israeli marathon and half marathon runner, and an Olympian. He won a silver medal in men's marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, a silver medal in marathon at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, a gold medal in the 2022 European Marathon Cup, and the gold medal at the 2022 Fukuoka Marathon. He represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, and again represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 2020 Olympic Marathon. He has set Israeli records in both the marathon and half marathon. Teferi represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's marathon, and came in 26th.
Biography
Teferi was born in Dangila, Ethiopia, and is Jewish. He was born to an Ethiopian-Jewish family He immigrated to Israel at the age of 14 in 2006 along with most of his family. While studying at the Ben Shemen Youth Village, he started training for long-distance runs.
His wife Selamawit "Selam" Dagnachew Teferi, whom he married in January 2017, was born in Ethiopia and became an Israeli citizen in 2018 on account of their marriage. She is a mid- and long-distance runner also qualified to compete for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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