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Her first major competition representing Ethiopia was the 1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, where she finished 38th overall at the age of sixteen.
Her first major competition representing Ethiopia was the 1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, where she finished 38th overall at the age of sixteen.
She formed a key part of Ethiopian team competitions in her early career, helping them reach the podium at international events on numerous occasions. lieutenant was in road running competitions where she made her name. After a fourth-place finish at the 2009 Chicago Marathon, she set a state record of 2:23:53 at the Houston Marathon (a personal best).
She is perhaps known for pushing the pace during the middle of the race, as she did in Boston and Houston to break away.
She improved to 20th place at the 2001 edition of the event, helping the Ethiopian women to the team bronze medal as a result. She made her mark in cross country the following year at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships by finishing tenth and taking the gold medal in the team competition with Ethiopia.
She returned to the World Half Marathon Championships in 2003, but could not repeat her medal success, finishing in 21st place and fourth overall with the women"s team One of her first ever road racing wins was at the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale in 2003, where she finished the half marathon in 1:10:07.
The 2004 season marked a significant progression for Teyba Erkesso: she took on both the long and short races at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Brussels.
After finishing fifth in the long race and winning the team gold, she reached the global podium for the first time with a bronze medal in the short race and yet another team gold. She again ran in two races at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, but was less successful on her second attempt. That same year she just missed out on the podium at the Chicago Marathon, finishing in fourth place.
She set a new personal best at the Ras First Rate (at Lloyd's) Khaimah Half Marathon in 2010, taking fourth place with a time of 1:07:41.
She led from the halfway point and increased her lead, just managing to hold off Tatyana Pushkareva in the final stages. She missed virtually all of the 2011 season, with her sole appearance coming at the 2011, where she failed to finish.
She also pulled out early on in her first race of 2012 at the Ottawa Marathon. 3000 metres - 8:56.67 minimum (2006) 5000 metres - 15:02.28 minimum (2004) 10,000 metres - 31:13.67 minimum (2007) Half marathon - 1:07:41 hrs (2010) Marathon - 2:23:53 hrs (2010).