Fatuma Sado

Fatuma Sado Dergo (born 11 October 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races.

She has a personal best of 2:26:09 hours and has won marathons in Hamburg, Los Angeles and Xiamen.

[2] Later that year she improved to 2:28:01 with a run at the Istanbul Marathon, coming second behind stablemate Alemitu Abera.

[3] Fatuma had five outings in the 2012 season and built her standing as an elite marathon runner.

She was runner-up at the Mumbai Marathon in January (running 2:30:20)[4] and finished in 2:25:39 hours on the Los Angeles Marathon's downhill course, where she won the women's race and also the gender challenge, which saw the women's field start 17 minutes and 31 seconds ahead of the elite men.