2013 media guide - LA Marathon

THE COMPETITORS
THE COMPETITORS
ABERASH NESGA
ETHIOPIA
Age: 27 (Date of Birth: October 15, 1985)
Residence: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Personal Best: 2:29:47 (Reims, 2011)
Affiliation: Adidas
Nesga was a part of the team that won the silver medal at the 2012 African Cross
Country Championships in the Senior Women’s 8 km event. Her team finished
the race with a time of 1:50:26, Nesga’s personal time was 27:47. She reached
her personal best time in a marathon at the 2011 Reims Marathon in France with
a time of 2:29:47.
SELOMIE GETNET
ETHIOPIA
Age: 26 (Date of Birth: January 1, 1987)
Residence: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Personal Best: 2:31:15 (Ljubljana, 2009)
Affiliation: Unattached
Getnet has competed in several marathons since 2006 when she ran the Rock ‘n’
Roll Marathon in Tempe, Arizona with a time of 2:36:55. Since then she has had
several top-­‐six finishes in that race, including second place finishes at the 2007,
2008, and 2009. Getnet won the 2009 Marathon de la Rochelle Serge Vigot, and
set her personal best of 2:31:15 at the Ljubljana Marathon in 2009.
JOANNA ZEIGER
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Age: 42 (Date of Birth: May 4, 1970)
Residence: Boulder, Colorado, USA
Personal Best: 2:43:28 (Sacramento, 2012)
Affiliation: Colorado Racing
Zeiger was a professional triathlete who exceled at both the longer Ironman
distance races (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run) and the shorter
Olympic distance (0.93 mile swim, 24.8 mile bike, 6.2 mile run). Overcoming near
career-­‐ending chronic back injuries in 2004, Zeiger placed second at Ironman
Canada and at the ITU World Cup Cancun. In 2010, however, Zeiger changed her
career path to focus solely on running when her triathlon career was brought to a
halt due to rib injuries she suffered in a bike crash. Zeiger reached her personal
best at the California International Marathon last December, finishing the race in
2:43:48 at the age of 41.
ALEKSANDRA DULIBA
BELARUS
Age: 27 (Date of Birth: January 1, 1986)
Residence: Minsk, Belarus
Personal Best: Debut
Affiliation: Nike
Duliba is making her marathon debut in the 2013 ASICS LA Marathon. She
finished the Poznan Half Marathon in 1:14:43 in 2012. Her personal best time in a
15K race is 56:05 and 33:35 for the 10K distance.
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