Gebo Burka Gameda

Gebo Burka Gameda is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner who specialised in the marathon. Born on 28 August 1987, he began his international running career in the mid 2000s and rose to prominence in the early 2010s. In 2014 he won both the Los Angeles Marathon and the Sydney Marathon. At the 2015 Houston Marathon he finished second in 2 hours 8 minutes 12 seconds, which stands as his personal best. He won Houston in January 2016, but the United States Anti-Doping Agency later announced that he had tested positive for the banned glucocorticoid prednisone. He accepted an eighteen month suspension, and all of his results from 17 January 2016 onward, including the Houston win, were annulled and the victory passed to Birhanu Gedefa.