 Atsede (centre) leading at the 2012 Chicago Marathon | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 April 1987 Dire Dawa, Ethiopia |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Ethiopia |
| Sport | Women's athletics |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Marathon: 2:22:03 (2012) Half marathon: 1:07:34 (2013) |
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Atsede Bayisa Tesema, also known as Atsede Bayisa[1] (born 16 April 1987), is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in road running events. She has won the Chicago Marathon, Boston Marathon and Paris Marathon twice. She has also won at the Xiamen International Marathon and the Istanbul Marathon.
She represented Ethiopia at the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships (taking the team silver) and at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in the marathon race. She was the half marathon silver medallist at the 2007 All-Africa Games.
- ^ Tadesse Tola and Atsede Bayisa triumph in Paris marathon, 11 April 2010