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Tiki Gelana

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Erba Tiki Gelana (Amharic: ኧርባ ቲኪ ገላና; born 22 October 1987) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. Her personal best of 2:18:58 remained the Ethiopian national record for the event from 2012 to 2017. She won the 2011 Amsterdam Marathon and the 2012 Rotterdam Marathon. She won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics with a time of 2:23:07, a new Olympic record. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tiki Gelana is the 3,849th most popular athlete (up from 4,421st in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Ethiopia (up from 83rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Ethiopian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tiki Gelana ranks 3,849 out of 6,025Before her are Sandie Richards, Dmytro Pidruchnyi, Lee Chang-hwan, Tatyana Firova, Olga Kotlyarova, and David Robertson. After her are Olaf Winter, Janay DeLoach Soukup, Susanne Gunnarsson, Maximilian Reinelt, Lyudmila Kolchanova, and Albina Akhatova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Tiki Gelana ranks 647Before her are Rebecca Sugar, Sinem Kobal, Edgar Manucharyan, Alexander Baumjohann, Yuki Furukawa, and Fyodor Kudryashov. After her are Dmitri Kombarov, Edgar Bruno da Silva, Dani Abalo, Ekpe Udoh, Denis Glushakov, and Tuppence Middleton.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Tiki Gelana ranks 74 out of 105Before her are Almaz Ayana (1991), Gezahegne Abera (1978), Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (1980), Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1984), Mohammed Aman (1994), and Tesfaye Tola (1974). After her are Ejegayehu Dibaba (1982), Mare Dibaba (1989), Tariku Bekele (1987), Tsegaye Kebede (1987), Selemon Barega (2000), and Abeba Aregawi (1990).

Among ATHLETES In Ethiopia

Among athletes born in Ethiopia, Tiki Gelana ranks 25Before her are Genzebe Dibaba (1991), Almaz Ayana (1991), Gezahegne Abera (1978), Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1984), Mohammed Aman (1994), and Tesfaye Tola (1974). After her are Ejegayehu Dibaba (1982), Mare Dibaba (1989), Tariku Bekele (1987), Tsegaye Kebede (1987), Selemon Barega (2000), and Abeba Aregawi (1990).