Home: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Bib: #6
Pronunciation: Ya-MANE AH-dane SAH-gay
Birthdate: 8 April 1985
Personal Best: 2:04:48 (Rotterdam, 2012)
Yemane Tsegay
World Marathon Majors:
| 18Apr16 | Boston Marathon | 3rd | 2:14:02 |
| 01Nov15 | TCS New York City Marathon | 5th | 2:13:24 |
| 22Aug15 | Beijing IAAF World Championships Marathon | 2nd | 2:13:07 |
| 20Apr15 | Boston Marathon | 2nd | 2:09:48 |
| 17Aug13 | Moscow IAAF World Championships Marathon | 8th | 2:11:43 |
| 27Feb11 | Tokyo Marathon | 9th | 2:11:49 |
| 26Sep10 | -real, Berlin Marathon | 4th | 2:07:52 |
| 22Aug09 | Berlin IAAF World Championships Marathon | 4th | 2:08:42 |
Additional Marathons:
| 04Dec16 | Fukuoka International Marathon | 1st | 2:08:48 |
| 14Dec14 | Honolulu Marathon | 5th | 2:17:54 |
| 25May14 | Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon | 1st | 2:06:54 CR |
| 06Apr14 | Daegu Marathon | 1st | 2:06:51 CR |
| 15Dec13 | Taipei Marathon | 2nd | 2:14:17 |
| 13Oct13 | De Lage Landen Eindhoven Marathon | 1st | 2:09:11 |
| 15Apr12 | ABN/AMRO Rotterdam Marathon | 1st | 2:04:48 |
| 27Jan12 | Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon | 10th | 2:06:29 |
| 18Dec11 | Taipei Marathon | 1st | 2:10:24 |
| 06Nov11 | Seoul JoongAng Marathon | 3rd | 2:10:47 |
| 08May11 | Prague Marathon | 8th | 2:13:41 |
| 09May10 | Prague Marathon | 2nd | 2:07:11 |
| 07Mar10 | Otsu Lake Biwa Marathon | 1st | 2:09:34 |
| 05Apr09 | Paris Marathon | 4th | 2:06:30 |
| 18Oct09 | Gongju Dong-A Marathon | 1st | 2:08:52 |
| 25Jan09 | Marrakesh Marathon | 2nd | 2:10:48 |
| 07Dec08 | Macao International Marathon | 1st | 2:15:06 |
| 26Oct08 | Casablanca Great International Marathon | 3rd | 2:13:29 |
Yemane Tsegay has finished second and third in Boston and is back for a win on the heels of finishing first in Fukuoka over Patrick Makau this past December. In 2015, he won the silver medal at the IAAF World Championships Marathon in Beijing. His nine career marathon wins include setting course records in Ottawa and Daegu.
Tsegay is from Hawzen, Ethiopia, trains in Addis Ababa, and is currently working with the management of Mark Wetmore and Global Athletics & Marketing.