Yonas Kifle

Yonas Kifle
Kifle at the 2009 London Marathon
Personal information
NationalityEritrean
Born (1977-11-05) November 5, 1977 (age 46)
Adi Bilay, Ethiopia
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country Eritrea
SportAthletics
EventMarathon
Updated on 22 July 2012

Yonas Andebrhan Kifle (born 5 November 1977)[1] is an Eritrean runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, the marathon and cross-country running. He has represented Eritrea at the Olympics on four occasions; in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. He has also competed at World Championship-level in cross country, road running, and on the track indoors and outdoors.

He was the bronze medallist in the half marathon at the 2007 All-Africa Games and the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. His personal bests include 59:30 minutes for the half marathon and 2:07:34 hours for the marathon (an Eritrean record).

  1. ^ Yonas Kifle Archived 2012-12-15 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2012-03-24.