Deressa Chimsa

Deressa Chimsa Edae (born 21 November 1976)[1] is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races.

[4] His next outing at the Eindhoven Marathon later that year was less successful and he came twelfth some five minutes behind the winner Geoffrey Mutai.

[5] He returned to the Dubai race the following year and he showed significant improvement by finishing as runner-up to Haile Gebrselassie.

[13] At the 2012 World Half Marathon Championships, he ran a well-controlled race and won the silver medal, in a time of 1:00:51 hours - a new personal best.

[15] He missed most of the 2013 season but made a good return winning the Toronto Waterfront Marathon with a course record run of 2:07:05 hours.