- Deriba Merga is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.
He mainly competed in the marathon. He finished fourth in that event at the Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008) and went on to win the Boston Marathon the following year. His personal best for the distance is 2:06:38 hours.
He also competes in half marathon races and his time of 59:14 minutes in 2008 was the fastest that year. He won the 2006 Paris Half Marathon and took the gold medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games a year later.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bazza the Beast
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