Fikrte Wereta

Fikrte Wereta (born 21 September 2000) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner specializing in marathon and half marathon races. She won the 2024 Seoul Marathon and the 2025 Meishan Renshou Half Marathon. Her personal best in the marathon is 2:21:32.

Fikrte Wereta

Personal information
Nationality	Ethiopian
Born	(2000-09-21) 21 September 2000 (age 24)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long-distance running (Marathon, Half Marathon)

Career

In 2022, Wereta placed second at the Hamburg Marathon with a time of 2:26:15.^[1]

Her breakthrough came in 2024 when she won the Seoul Marathon, a World Athletics Platinum Label Road Race, clocking a personal best of 2:21:32.^[2][3]

Wereta had a strong start to the 2025 season. She finished third at the Xiamen Marathon on 5 January with a time of 2:23:15 in a World Athletics Elite Platinum Label event.^[4] In February, she won the Meishan Renshou Half Marathon in China with a new personal best and Chinese all-comers' record of 1:06:28. This was also a World Athletics Platinum Label Road Race.^[5]

She was scheduled to defend her Seoul Marathon title in March 2025.^[6]

Personal bests

As of May 2025:

• Half Marathon – 1:06:28 (Meishan, 23 February 2025)^[7]
• Marathon – 2:21:32 (Seoul, 17 March 2024)^[7]