Tena Negere

Ethiopian long-distance runner

Tena Negere (born 5 October 1972) is a retired long-distance runner from Ethiopia, who won the gold medal in the men's marathon at the 1991 All-Africa Games in Cairo, Egypt. He also triumphed in the 1992 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking 2:09:04 on 6 December 1992. The next year he finished in 34th place (2:29:46) at the 1993 World Championships. He also competed in the men's marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1]

## Achievements

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Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes

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Representing  Ethiopia
1992  | Fukuoka Marathon | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st  | Marathon  | 2:09:04
1993  | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 34th  | Marathon  | 2:29:46
1994  | Venice Marathon | Venice, Italy | 1st  | Marathon  | 2:10:50
1995  | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | -- | Marathon  | DNF

## References

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1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tena Negere Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

## External links

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* 1992 Year Ranking

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African Games champions in men's road running

* 1973: Mamo Wolde (ETH)
* 1978: Richard Mabuza (SWZ)
* 1987: Belayneh Dinsamo (ETH)
* 1991: Tena Negere (ETH)
* 1995: Nicolas Nyengerai (ZIM)
* 1999: Joshua Peterson (RSA)
* 2003: Johannes Kekana (RSA)
* 2007: Deriba Merga (ETH)
* 2011: Lelisa Desisa (ETH)
* 2015: Zersenay Tadese (ERI)
* 2019: Titus Ekiru (KEN)
* 2023: Samsom Amare (ERI)

* 1973–2003: Marathon
* 2007–present: Half marathon

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Fukuoka Marathon – men's winners

* 1947: Toshikazu Wada (JPN)
* 1948: Saburo Yamada (JPN)
* 1949: Shinzo Koga (JPN)
* 1950: Shunji Koyanagi (JPN)
* 1951: Hiromi Haigo (JPN)
* 1952: Katsuo Nishida (JPN)
* 1953: Hideo Hamamura (JPN)
* 1954: Reinaldo Gorno (ARG)
* 1955: Veikko Karvonen (FIN)
* 1956: Keizo Yamada (JPN)
* 1957: Kurao Hiroshima (JPN)
* 1958: Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (JPN)
* 1959–1959: Kurao Hiroshima (JPN)
* 1960: Barry Magee (NZL)
* 1961: Pavel Kantorek (TCH)
* 1962: Toru Terasawa (JPN)
* 1963: Jeff Julian (NZL)
* 1964: Toru Terasawa (JPN)
* 1965: Hidekuni Hiroshima (JPN)
* 1966: Mike Ryan (NZL)
* 1967: Derek Clayton (AUS)
* 1968: Bill Adcocks (ENG)
* 1969: Jerome Drayton (CAN)
* 1970: Akio Usami (JPN)
* 1971–1974: Frank Shorter (USA)
* 1975–1976: Jerome Drayton (CAN)
* 1977: Bill Rodgers (USA)
* 1978–1980: Toshihiko Seko (JPN)
* 1981: Robert de Castella (AUS)
* 1982: Paul Ballinger (NZL)
* 1983: Toshihiko Seko (JPN)
* 1984: Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)
* 1985: Hisatoshi Shintaku (JPN)
* 1986: Juma Ikangaa (TAN)
* 1987: Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)
* 1988: Toshihiro Shibutani (JPN)
* 1989: Manuel Matias (POR)
* 1990: Belayneh Dinsamo (ETH)
* 1991: Shuichi Morita (JPN)
* 1992: Tena Negere (ETH)
* 1993: Dionicio Cerón (MEX)
* 1994: Boay Akonay (TAN)
* 1995: Luíz Antônio dos Santos (BRA)
* 1996: Lee Bong-ju (KOR)
* 1997: Josia Thugwane (RSA)
* 1998: Jackson Kabiga (KEN)
* 1999: Gezahegne Abera (ETH)
* 2000: Atsushi Fujita (JPN)
* 2001–2002: Gezahegne Abera (ETH)
* 2003: Tomoaki Kunichika (JPN)
* 2004: Tsuyoshi Ogata (JPN)
* 2005: Dmytro Baranovskyy (UKR)
* 2006: Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)
* 2007: Samuel Wanjiru (KEN)
* 2008–2009: Tsegaye Kebede (ETH)
* 2010: Jaouad Gharib (MAR)
* 2011: Josephat Ndambiri (KEN)
* 2012: Joseph Gitau (KEN)
* 2013: Martin Mathathi (KEN)
* 2014–2015: Patrick Makau Musyoki (KEN)
* 2016: Yemane Tsegay (ETH)
* 2017: Sondre Nordstad Moen (NOR)
* 2018: Yuma Hattori (JPN)
* 2019: Taku Fujimoto (JPN)
* 2020: Yūya Yoshida (JPN)
* 2021: Michael Githae (KEN)
* 2022: Maru Teferi (ISR)

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