Tesama Moogas

Tesama Moogas
טסמה מוגס
Personal information
Nationality Israeli
Born (1988-02-02) February 2, 1988,
Ethiopia
Residence Netanya, Israel
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country  Israel
Sport Running
Event(s) 10,000 Metres, Half Marathon, Marathon
Coached by Amnon Gur and Zohar Zimro[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Half Marathon: 1:07:40
  • Marathon: 2:15:29
  • 10,000m: 28:12.58

Tesama Moogas (Hebrew: טסמה מוגס, born 2 February 1988) is an Ethiopian-born Israeli long-distance runner.[2]

Early life

Moogas was born in Ethiopia, and grew up in the village of G'og'am.[3] He immigrated to Israel when he was 20 years old, in 2008.[4] He lives at the Wingate Institute, in Netanya, Israel.[5]

Running career

Early career

Early in his career Moogas focused on running in 5,000 m and 10,000 m events. [6]

Moogas competed in 10,000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, placing 20th with a time of 29:50.78 minutes, and at the 2012 European Athletics Championships, placing 18th with a time of 29:22.03 minutes.

2015-present

In 2015, he finished the Berlin Marathon, his second competitive marathon, with a time of 2:15:29 and placed 25th.[7][8] It was the third-best all-time result for an Israeli marathoner, not far behind the Israeli national record of 2:14:21 set by Olympian Ayele Seteng.[9] On the basis of his time, Moogas qualified to represent Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[10][11]

In March 2016, Moogas placed 55th at the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, in a time of 1:06.41.[12]

He competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the marathon, and finished 121st with a time of 2:30:30.[13]

References


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