Sisay Lemma
Sisay Lemma Kasaye is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.
Lemma began his running career at the age of 17 and initially competed barefoot due to a lack of running shoes.
In 2012, he won the Maratona d’Italia. In 2013, he was fifth in the Tiberias Marathon, won the Orlen Warsaw Marathon and finished the Eindhoven Marathon as fourth.
In 2015, he was fifth at the Dubai Marathon and won the Vienna City Marathon and the Frankfurt Marathon, where he ran a personal best.
In 2016 he lowered his best to 2:05:16 in Dubai.He was the third at the 2019 berlin marathon, and he set a new personal record.2:03:36.
In 2018 he started the season with a personal best at the Dubai Marathon with a 2:04:08, placing 5th. In October, he then broke the Ljubljana Marathon record with time 2:04:58.
