Gebregziabher GebremariamHome: Tigray, EthiopiaBib: #4 Pronunciation: Geb-reg-zee-AH-ber Geb-reh-MAH-ree-ahm Birthdate: 10 September 1984 Personal Best: 2:04:53 (Boston, 2011) |
| 15Apr13 | Boston Marathon | 3rd | 2:10:28 |
| 16Apr12 | Boston Marathon | 14th | 2:22:56 |
| 06Nov11 | ING New York City Marathon | 4th | 2:07:59 |
| 04Sep11 | DaeguIAAF World Championships Marathon | DNF | |
| 18Apr11 | Boston Marathon | 3rd | 2:04:53 |
| 07Nov10 | ING New York City Marathon | 1st | 2:08:14 |
| 04Nov07 | Seoul JoongAng Marathon | 13th | 2:19:18 |
Two-time Olympian and 2010 New York City champion Gebregziabher “Gebre” Gebremariam has made the podium twice in Boston. In 2011 he had the race of his career as he improved his personal best by more than three minutes to place third in 2:04:53. Last year he contended with Lelisa Desisa and Micah Kogo down the Boylston finishing stretch and finished third, just six seconds shy of the win. In 2012, with temperatures reaching 85F, Gebremariam struggled on the Boston course, but in championship style continued to the finish line rather than drop from the race.
Gebremariam began competing internationally as a junior. In 2002 he won the IAAF World Junior Cross Country Championships, won the IAAF World Junior 10,000m Championships, and earned a bronze in IAAF World Junior 5,000m Championships. In 2004 he finished second at the IAAF World Junior Cross Country Championships in both the short and long races. Also in 2004 he made the Ethiopian Olympic Team and finished fourth in the 5,000m in Athens. After that early success, Gebremariam did not medal at an international event until 2009, when he won the World Cross Country Championships. In 2012 he again represented his country at the Olympics and finished eighth in the 10,000m.
Gebre grew up on a farm in the Tigray region of Ethiopia and began running in high school. He moved to the capital and started training with world championship runner Werknesh Kidane and her running club. Gebremariam and Kidane married in 2006 and the couple now has two young sons named Nathaniel and Muse. In 2011 both Gebremariam and Kidane ran Boston and they became the fastest husband-wife marathoners in history with a combined time of 4:31:08.