Tiki Gelana

Tiki Gelana, full name Erba Tiki Gelana, is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races, born on 22 October 1987. She won the women's marathon at the 2012 London Olympics in 2 hours 23 minutes 7 seconds, which set a new Olympic record, despite rain throughout the race and a fall at a water station. Earlier that year she won the Rotterdam Marathon in 2:18:58, an Ethiopian national record that stood from 2012 to 2017, and in 2011 she won the Amsterdam Marathon, improving on the course record by almost eight minutes of her own previous best. Her career began with road races in Ethiopia, followed by half marathon wins in Spain and a 10 kilometre win in Japan, before a marathon debut at the Dublin Marathon in 2009. She was named in the AIMS World Athlete of the Year Award for her performances in 2012. This entry rests on her English Wikipedia article, and Olympedia holds her Olympic record.