Abebe Mekonnen

Who is Abebe Mekonnen?

Abebe Mekonnen is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.

Mekkonen was the winner of the 93rd Boston Marathon in 1989. He also competed for Ethiopia in the 1992 Olympics and 1996 Olympics in the marathon. He did not finish in the 1992 games and finished 81st with a time of 2:29 hours in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Mekonnen has the most sub 2:15 marathons of anyone: 32 in all. When he ran his 28th sub-2:15 marathon he broke the record set by Bill Rodgers.

His best time was 2:07:35 in the 1988 Beijing Marathon, which is still course record.