{{short description|Ethiopian long-distance runner}} [[File:Markos Geneti LA Marathon 2011.jpg|thumb|Markos Geneti at the 2011 Los Angeles Marathon]] '''Markos Geneti''' (born May 30, 1984 in Gute, Oromia Region) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who previously competed in track running, but now is a road specialist.
==Biography== He won the 3000 metres title at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics and stepped up a level to take the silver medal over 5000 metres at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics the following year. Turning to senior competition, he was the runner-up in the 5000 m behind Hailu Mekonnen at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games and went on to claim the bronze medal in the 3000 m at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He competed in that event twice at the IAAF World Athletics Final, in 2004 and 2005, but failed to win a medal on either occasion.<ref name=IAAFBio>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=eth/athcode=183007/index.html Geneti Markos]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.</ref>
He made his global outdoor debut at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, where he reached the semi-finals of the 1500 metres. Geneti ran a 3000 m best of 7:32.69 minutes at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix in February 2007.<ref name=IAAFBio/> The following month he then made his debut at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where his 15th-place finish was the second best performance by an Ethiopian (after Tadese Tola).<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/history/WXC/season=2007/eventCode=3651/results/sex=M/discCode=XSE/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det 2007 World XC Championships - Men's Race Results]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.</ref>
In March 2011, he won the Los Angeles Marathon, breaking the record by almost two minutes in his first marathon attempt. His time of 2:06:35 was at that point the sixth fastest ever for a first-time marathoner.<ref>Reavis, Tony (2011-03-21). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=59593.html Geneti debuts with 2:06 in LA]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.</ref> In his second race at the 2012 Dubai Marathon he ran a personal best time of 2:04:54 hours, but in one of the fastest races ever, he took third place behind Ayele Abshero and Dino Sefir.<ref>Butcher, Pat (2012-01-27). [http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/LRR12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=63419 Abshero stuns with 2:04:23 debut, Mergia clocks 2:19:31 in Dubai]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-04.</ref> He did not return to competition until December, when he ran at the Honolulu Marathon and placed second to Wilson Kipsang.<ref>Monti, David (2012-12-09). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/kipsang-and-galimova-win-windy-honolulu-marat Kipsang and Galimova win windy Honolulu Marathon]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-14.</ref>
==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{ETH}} |- |2001 |World Youth Championships |Debrecen, Hungary |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |3000 m |7:55.82 |- |2002 |World Junior Championships |Kingston, Jamaica |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |5000 m |13:28.83 |- |2003 |Afro-Asian Games |Hyderabad, India |bgcolor=silver|2nd |5000 m |13:49.61 |- |rowspan=2|2004 |World Indoor Championships |Budapest, Hungary |bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd |3000 m |7:57.87 |- |World Athletics Final |Monte Carlo, Monaco |6th |3000 m |7:42.24 |- |rowspan=2|2005 |World Championships |Helsinki, Finland |12th (semis) |1500 m |3:42.80 |- |World Athletics Final |Monte Carlo, Monaco | 9th |3000 m |7:41.76 |- |2007 |World Cross Country Championships |Mombasa, Kenya |15th |Senior race (12 km) |37:49 |}
===Personal bests=== *1500 metres - 3:33.83 (2005) *3000 metres - 7:32.69 (2006, indoor) *5000 metres - 13:00.25 (2005) *Marathon - 2:04:54 (2012)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{World Athletics}} {{Footer IAAF World Youth Champions 3000 Metres Men}} __NOTOC__
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Geneti, Markos}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Ethiopian men middle-distance runners Category:Ethiopian men long-distance runners Category:Ethiopian men marathon runners Category:Athletes from Oromia Category:20th-century Ethiopian people Category:21st-century Ethiopian sportsmen