Alemu Megertu


Alemu Megertu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She finished third and second at the 2022 [London Marathon|2022] and 2023 London Marathon respectively. She competed in the Athletics at the [2024 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon|women's marathon] at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.

Career

In 2019, Alemu Megertu won the women's race at the Rome Marathon held in Italy. She also set a new course record of 2:22:52.
In 2020, she finished in fifth place in the women's race at the 2020 London Marathon in United Kingdom.
In February 2022, she won the Zurich Seville Marathon in Seville, Spain in a course record and personal best time of 2:18:51. Megertu secured her first medal at a World [Marathon Majors|World Marathon Major] at the 2022 London Marathon in October, with a bronze in a new lifetime best of 2:18:32.
On 21 April 2024, she finished fourth in the London Marathon, in a new personal best of 2:16:34.
On 1 December 2024, she won the Valencia Marathon in a time of 2:16:49.

Personal bests