Moges Taye

Moges Taye (born December 12, 1973, in Showa) is a long-distance runner from Ethiopia.

[1] He represented Ethiopia in the marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics, but failed to finish the race.

Further to this, Taye would go on to defend his title for the next two years becoming the only man to have won the race on three occasions.

[2] In 1998 he won the Tiberias Marathon in a course record time of 2:12:51, beating Kevin Shaw's previous mark by more than a minute.

Making his second international road appearance, he ran at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in the marathon but failed to finish the race.