Lelisa Desisa Benti is retired an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in road running competitions. Desisa gained his first international medal at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, where he took the 10,000 metres gold medal.
Lelisa Desisa Benti, male winner of 2013 Boston Marathon, almost at the end of the Wellesley College scream tunnel.
Lelisa Desisa leads Lemi Berhanu Hayle as they pass mile 19 during the 2016 Boston Marathon, but Hayle went on to win; Desisa came in second.
The Ottawa Race Weekend is an annual weekend of road running events held the last weekend of May in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The two-day running event includes seven races, including the Ottawa Marathon, all of which start and end at Ottawa City Hall. The marathon was first held in 1975, and is categorized as an Elite Label Road Race by World Athletics. Over 40,000 participants take part in the races each year.
3:15 marathon pace rabbit in 2011
2011 and 2012 winner, Laban Moiben, leading the race through the 18 km mark during the 2012 event