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Bizunesh Deba (born 8 September 1987), also known as ''Buzunesh Deba'', is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. She is based in The Bronx, New York and her personal best for the marathon is 2:19:59 hours, run in the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 21, 2014, where she placed second after Rita Jeptoo, but with Jeptoo's pending disqualification following a failed drug test in September 2014, is slated to be moved up to the win. Her time in said race was faster than the previous women's record time for the course, which, is slated to be the winning time. Bizunesh represented her country at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 2003. A prolific runner since 2009, she has won six competitions over the marathon distance including the California International Marathon, San Diego Marathon, Los Angeles Marathon, Grandma's Marathon and the Twin Cities Marathon. She has participated three times at the New York City Marathon, reaching the top ten on all occasions. ==Career== Her first international appearance for Ethiopia came in the long race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where she came 33rd overall.〔(2003 World XC - Women's Long Race ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-06.〕 She competed on the track in Japan in 2004, running a best of 15:52.33 minutes for the 5000 metres, but it was another five years until she established herself as a road running specialist.〔(Deba, Bizunesh ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-06.〕 Basing herself in The Bronx, New York, alongside her fellow marathon runner and husband Worku Beyi, she began in compete in road races in the United States in 2009.〔Rosenthal, Bert (2011-06-06). (Deba blazes 2:23:31 at San Diego Marathon - Keflezighi has homecoming triumph in Half-Marathon ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-06.〕 She won the Fairfield Half Marathon in June and in July she was the runner-up in the women's section of the Buffalo 4-Mile Chase,〔(2009 Buffalo 4-Mile Chase ). Runner Space. Retrieved on 2011-06-06.〕〔Civai, Franco (2010-07-29). (Fairfield Half Marathon ). Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS). Retrieved on 2011-06-06.〕 That September she won the Charleston Distance Classic 15-miler and then made her debut over the marathon, winning on her first try at the Quad Cities Marathon with a time of 2:44:22 hours.〔(Charleston Distance Classic 15 miles ). ARRS (2010-09-14). Retrieved on 2011-06-06.〕〔(Quad Cities Marathon ). ARRS (2010-09-27). Retrieved on 2011-06-06.〕 Two months later she ran at the New York City Marathon and came seventh, significantly improving her best time to 2:35:54 hours. In an untraditional decision for an elite runner, she ran her third marathon in the space of three months at the California International Marathon and she won the race in a time of 2:32:17 hours.〔(California International Marathon ). ARRS (2011-12-06). Retrieved on 2011-06-06.〕 She began 2010 with a personal best of 1:12:50 hours to win at the Naples Half Marathon and a win at the National Marathon to Fight Breast Cancer in Jacksonville Beach followed soon after. She extended her winning streak to seven straight wins by taking the women's titles at the Broad Street Run, Newport 10000, UAE Healthy Kidney 10K, Grandma's Marathon (with a personal best run of 2:31:35), and the Fairfield Half Marathon. She was tenth at the Peachtree Road Race on July 4, but returned to her winning ways at the Buffalo 4-Miler and Chris Thater Memorial 5K.〔(Buzunesh Deba ). Posso Sports. Retrieved on 2011-06-06.〕 Bizunesh secured her third marathon win of the year at the Twin Cities Marathon in Minneapolis in October, running a personal best of 2:27:23 hours and beating second placed Svetlana Ponomarenko by almost eight minutes.〔Estes, Jim (2010-10-04). (Deba clocks 2:27:23 in Minneapolis, Reyes takes US Marathon title ). IAAF/USATF. Retrieved on 2011-06-06.〕 She returned to the major race at the 2010 New York City Marathon and came tenth, although her time of 2:29:55 hours was her second run under the 2:30:00-mark.〔(Top Female finishers ). NYC Marathon. Retrieved on 2011-06-06.〕 As in the previous year, she closed the season at the California Marathon and she retained her title, bringing her yearly tally to four marathon wins in five appearances.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bizunesh Deba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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