Yared Asmerom

Yared Asmerom Tesfit (born 4 February 1980)[1] is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon races.

He also ran in the half marathon at the 2007 All-Africa Games that year, but finished in fifteenth place.

[2] He made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Beijing Games and was his country's best performer in the marathon, finishing in eighth place.

He made further appearances in Eritrea's World Championships marathon squad, but failed to finish the distance in both 2009 and 2011.

[2] On the road running circuit, he set a personal best time of 2:08:34 hours at the Lake Biwa Marathon and finished as runner-up.