In his eight marathons in the last four years, Dickson Chumba never finished below third. For four straight years since 2014, Chumba has finished in top three spots in the Tokyo Marathon. He won the Tokyo Marathon 2014 with 2:05:42, which was the course record until last year. In the 2014 Chicago Marathon, he recorded 2:04:32, which is still his personal best. It was also 17th fastest time in history at the time. Following year, Chumba won the Chicago Marathon.
Chumba made his marathon debut in 2010 at the Madrid Marathon and finished second in 2:11:54. He promptly cracked 2:10 in his next marathon in the fall of 2010 at Carpi when he recorded a personal best of 2:09:20. However, he was again second. After serving as a pacemaker in Xiamen marathon in January of 2011, he finally won the marathon in March of 2011 in Roma when he recorded a personal best of 2:08:45. Although Chumba dropped out of his next marathon in Chicago after 35Km, he promptly ran in Frankfurt Marathon three weeks later and improved a personal best by more than a minute to 2:07:23. Chumba ran three marathons in 2012. Although he dropped out of Boston Marathon after 25Km in April, in October he won the Eindhoven Marathon with a huge personal best of 2:05:46.
Of the six marathons he ran in 2011 and 2012, except for two DNF, Chumba always cracked 2:09. However, 2013 was a dismal season for Chumba. After failing to finish the Xiamen Marathon in January, Chumba was seventh with 2:14:08 in Boston and eighth with 2:10:15 in the Amsterdam Marathon. In contrast, Chumba’s 2014 season was superb, for he improved his personal best twice in 2014. At the time, Chumba’s time from the Tokyo Marathon in 2014, 2:05:42, was the second fastest time on the Japanese soil behind the Japanese all-comers record of 2:05:18 by Tsegaye Kebede. In its eleven years history of the Tokyo Marathon, no man or woman has won this event more than once. So if Chumba wins at Tokyo, he becomes the first two-time winner in the Tokyo Marathon.
過去 4 年間、8 回のマラソンで 3 位以下のフィニッシュがない ケニアのディクソン・チュンバは、2014 年から 4 大会連続で東京 マラソンの表彰台に上っている。東京マラソン 2014 では優勝し、
当時の大会記録 2 時間 05 分 42 秒をたたき出した。2014 年シカ ゴマラソンでは現在でも自己ベストである 2 時間 04 分 32 秒を記 録している。これは当時世界歴代 17 位のタイムだった。翌年のシ カゴでは見事優勝を果たしている。
2010 年マドリードマラソンで初マラソンに挑んだチュンバは、2 時間 11 分 54 秒で 2 位とまずまずの成績を残した。その半年後の 秋、チュンバはカルピでマラソンを走り、初めての 2 時間 10 分切 りとなる 2 時間 9 分 20 秒と自己ベストを更新したが、再び 2 位に 終わった。2011 年 1月のアモイマラソンでペースメーカーを務めた 後、3 月にはローマで自己ベストの 2 時間 8 分 45 秒まで伸ばし、
マラソンでの初勝利を収めた。次戦のシカゴでは 35km 過ぎに棄 権したが、その 3 週間後にはフランクフルトマラソンを走り、2 時 間 7 分 23 秒と自己ベストを1 分以上も更新している。チュンバは 2012 年に 3 回マラソンを走った。4 月のボストンでは 25km 過ぎ に棄権したが、10 月にはアインホーフェンマラソンで自己ベストを 大幅に更新し 2 時間 5 分 46 秒で制している。チュンバが 2011 年 と 2012 年に走った 6 回のマラソン中、2 回の途中棄権以外のレー スでは 2 時間 9 分を切っている。しかしながら、翌 2013 年はチュ ンバにとって良いシーズンではなかった。1月のアモイマラソンは 棄権し、4 月のボストンマラソンでは 2 時間 14 分 08 秒で 7 位、そ して 10 月のアムステルダムマラソンでは 2 時間 10 分 15 秒で 8 位 に終わった。しかし、2014 年には自己ベストを 2 度更新し、チュ ンバのキャリアにとって最高の年となった。特に東京で記録した 2 時間 05 分 42 秒はツェガエ・ケベデが福岡で記録した 2 時間 5 分 18 秒に次ぐ（当時）日本国内 2 番目の記録だった。過去 11 回 の東京マラソンでは、男女ともに 2 度優勝した選手はいない。チュ ンバが勝てば東京マラソンで初めての複数回優勝となる。
▶Progressions
Year 5000m 10000m/10km Half Marathon Marathon
2017 2:06:25
2016 1:02:16 2:07:34
2015 /28:53 2:06:34
2014 /28:47 1:00:39 2:04:32
2013 2:10:15
2012 1:01:34 2:05:46
2011 2:07:23
2010 /28:56 1:02:08 2:09:20
▶Personal Bests
Half Marathon 1:00:39 -2014 Marathon 2:04:32 -2014 DOB : 27 Oct. 1986 AGE : 31 Height : 167cm Weight : 50kg
▶Marathon career (AWMM is indicated in BOLD)
Time Race Place Date
2:09:11 Toronto 2nd 22 Oct 2017
2:06:25 Tokyo 3rd 26 Feb 2017
2:11:26 Chicago 2nd 9 Oct 2016
2:07:34 Tokyo 3rd 28 Feb 2016
2:09:25 Chicago 1st 11 Oct 2015
2:06:34 Tokyo 3rd 22 Feb 2015
Personal Best 2:04:32 Chicago 3rd 12 Oct 2014
2:05:42 Tokyo 1st 23 Feb 2014
2:10:15 Amsterdam 8th 20 Oct 2013
2:14:08 Boston 7th 15 Apr 2013
DNF Xiamen DNF 5 Jan 2013
2:05:46 Eindhoven 1st 14 Oct 2012
DNF Boston DNF 16 Apr 2012
2:08:21 Xiamen 2nd 8 Jan 2012
2:07:23 Frankfurt 7th 30 Oct 2011
DNF Chicago DNF 9 Oct 2011
2:08:45 Roma 1st 20 Mar 2011
DNF(pace) Xiamen DNF(pace) 2 Jan 2011 2:09:20 Maranello to Carpi 2nd 10 Oct 2010
2:11:54 Madrid 2nd 25 Apr 2010
▶2017 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
22 Oct Toronto Waterfront Marathon Marathon 2nd 2:09:11
26 Feb Tokyo Marathon Marathon 3rd 2:06:25
▶2016 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
9 Oct Chicago Marathon Marathon 2nd 2:11:26
24 Apr Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half marathon Half marathon 10th 1:02:12
28 Feb Tokyo Marathon Marathon 3rd 2:07:34
▶2012 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
14 Oct Marathon Eindhoven Marathon 1st 2:05:46
16 Apr Boston Marathon Marathon DNF DNF
11 Mar City Pier City Half Marathon Half marathon 9th 1:01:34 8 Jan Xiamen International Marathon Marathon 2nd 2:08:21
▶2015 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
11 Oct Chicago Marathon Marathon 1st 2:09:25
17 May TCS World 10K – Bangalore 10Km 7th 28:53
22 Feb Tokyo Marathon Marathon 3rd 2:06:34
▶2014 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
12 Oct Chicago Marathon Marathon 3rd 2:04:32
27 July Media Maraton Internacional Bogota Half Marathon 2nd 1:04:10 1 June Rock n Roll San Diego Half Marathon Half marathon 3rd 1:00:39 25 May Abraha Rosa International 10K – Toa Baja 10Km 3rd 28:47
23 Feb Tokyo Marathon Marathon 1st 2:05:42
▶2013 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
20 Oct Amsterdam Marathon Marathon 8th 2:10:15 26 July Giro Podistico Internazionale di Castelbuono 10Km 5th 31:09
15 Apr Boston Marathon Marathon 7th 2:14:08
5 Jan Xiamen International Marathon Marathon DNF DNF
ディクソン・チュンバ
（ケニア）CHUMBA, Dickson (KEN)
03 No.
ATHLETES ATHLETES
The turning point for Tsegaye Mekonnen’s career was the 2012 World Junior Championships. After finishing fifth at 5000m with 13:44.43, he started to train seriously. He served as a pacemaker in the 2013 Dubai Marathon, and then made his marathon debut at Dubai a year later. He won the race with 2:04:32, third fastest debut time in history at the time. He was only eighteen at the time, and his time in Dubai was the world junior (U20) record. Furthermore he was over minute and half faster than the second fastest junior. Three months later, Mekonnen ran the 2014 London Marathon, his first Abbott World Marathon Majors race, and finished fifth with 2:08:06. Although he recorded half marathon personal best of 1:01:05 in early 2015, Mekonnen failed to finish three marathons in a row, at Frankfurt, London and Amsterdam from fall of 2014 to the fall of 2015. It was in January of 2016, at the Dubai Marathon, Mekonnen finally ran another excellent marathon. He finished second 22 seconds behind the winner Tesfaye Abera with 2:04:46, which is second fastest time of his career. He thus became one of only nine runners who cracked 2:05 for the marathon multiple times. However, after Dubai, his fortune at the marathon was quite dismal. He was 12th with 2:22 in the Boston Marathon in April and then dropped out of the Berlin Marathon in September. In 2017 he ran three marathons in Dubai, Hamburg, and the World Championships, but his 2:07:26 win at Hamburg was the only good marathon of the year. In the World Championships, where he represented Ethiopia for the second time since the World Junior, he was only 19th. For Mekonnen, the Tokyo Marathon will be his 12th marathon is his career. If he cracked 2:04, he will be the 12th runner to crack 2:04 for the marathon. That is not all. Mekonnen, at 22 years old, will be the youngest runner to crack 2:04 for the marathon, for nobody under 25 years of age has cracked 2:04 for the marathon.
ツェガエ・メコネンにとって大きな転機は 2012 年 7 月の世界ジュ ニア選手権だった。5000m を 13 分 44 秒 43 で走り5 位に入ってか ら、練習に集中するようになった。2013 年 1月のドバイマラソンでペー スメーカーを務めたメコネンは、1 年後の 2014 年 1 月、18 歳の時 にそのドバイで初マラソンに挑戦し、2 時間 04 分 32 秒の初マラソ ン世界歴代 3 位の好タイム（当時）で優勝した。それだけではない。
このタイムは世界ジュニア（U20）マラソン記録で、歴代 2 位より1 分半以上も速い。その3カ月後には彼にとって初めてのアボット・ワー ルドマラソンメジャーズのレースとなるロンドンマラソンに出場し、2 時間 08 分 06 秒で 5 位に入った。しかし、その後ハーフマラソンで は 1 時間 01 分 05 秒の自己ベストを出したが、マラソンではフランク フルト、ロンドン、そしてアムステルダムと、2014 年秋から 1 年間に 渡って途中棄権が続いた。メコネンが再び好記録を出したのは 2016 年のドバイマラソンである。優勝したテスファエ・アベラから 22 秒遅 れの 2 時間 04 分 46 秒（自己 2 番目の記録）で 3 位に入り、過 去 9 人しかいない 2 時間 5 分を複数回切った選手の一人になった。
しかし、その後 2016 年のボストンでは 2 時間 22 分台、そしてベル リンでは途中棄権と不甲斐ないマラソンが続いた。翌 2017 年にはド バイ、ハンブルグ、世界選手権、と 3 回マラソンを走ったが、好記 録はハンブルグマラソンの2 時間 07 分 26 秒での優勝だけ。世界ジュ ニア選手権以来 2 度目のエチオピア代表となった世界選手権のマラ ソンでは 19 位に終わっている。メコネンにとって東京は 12 回目のマ ラソンになるが、もし 2 時間 3 分台で走れば 2 時間 4 分を切った 12 人目のランナーになると同時に、22 歳のメコネンは 2 時間 4 分 を切った最も若い選手になる。25 歳以下で 2 時間 3 分台より速く 標準コースのマラソンを走った選手はいないのだ。
▶Progressions
Year 5000m 10000m/10km Half Marathon Marathon
2017 1:02:16 2:07:26
2016 1:02:16 2:04:46
2015 1:01:05
2014 2:04:32
2013 /27:53 1:02:41
2012 13:44.43 /28:36 1:03:59
▶Personal Bests
Half Marathon 1:01:05 -2015 Marathon 2:04:32 -2014 DOB : 15 June. 1995 AGE : 22
Height : 174cm Weight : 56kg
▶International
Championships Highlights 5000m
5th in 2012 World Junior Championships Marathon
19th in 2017 World Championships
▶Marathon career (AWMM is indicated in BOLD)
Time Race Place Date
2:15:36 World Championships – London 19th 19th 6 Aug 2017
2:07:26 Hamburg 1st 23 Apr 2017
2:11:54 Dubai 10th 30 Jan 2017
DNF Berlin DNF 25 Sept 2016
2:22:21 Boston 12th 18 Apr 2016
2:04:46 Dubai 3rd 22 Jan 2016
DNF Amsterdam DNF 18 Oct 2015
DNF London DNF 26 Apr 2015
DNF Frankfurt DNF 26 Oct 2014
2:08:06 London 5th 13 Apr 2014
Personal Best 2:04:32 Dubai 1st 24 Jan 2014
DNF(pace) Dubai DNF(pace) 25 Jan 2013
▶2017 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
6 Aug World Championships – London Marathon 19th 2:15:36
23 Apr Marathon Hamburg Marathon 1st 2:07:26
30 Jan Dubai Marathon Marathon 10th 2:11:54
▶2016 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
25 Sept Berlin Marathon Marathon DNF DNF
18 Apr Boston Marathon Marathon 12th 2:22:21
22 Jan Dubai Marathon Marathon 3rd 2:04:46
▶2012 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
17 Nov La Corrida Bulloise – Zbulle 8Km 1st 23:08 11 Nov Carrera Popular de Negreira 10Km 1st 29:45 4 Nov Taule Morlaix half marathon Half marathon 3rd 1:04:44 28 Oct Le Foulees Monterelaises – Montereau 10Km 1st 28:36 21 Oct Semi-Marathon de St Denis et de Stade de France Half Marathon 6th 2:04:44 14 July World Junior Championships – Barcelona 5000m 5th 13:44.43
▶2013 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
6 Oct Sedan-Charleville 24.3Km 2nd 1:13:33
15 Sept Meia Maratona SportZone – Porto & Gaia Half marathon 3rd 1:02:41 19 May TCS World 10K – Bangalore 10Km 15th 29:33 24 Mar Meia-Maratona Internacional de Lisboa Half marathon 8th 1:03:41 15 Feb RAK Half Marathon Half marathon 14th 1:02:53 25 Jan Dubai Marathon Marathon DNF(pace) DNF (pace)
▶2015 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
18 Oct Amsterdam Marathon Marathon DNF DNF
26 July Media Maraton Internacional Bogota Half marathon 4th 1:05:58
26 Apr London Marathon Marathon DNF DNF
13 Feb RAK Half Marathon Half Marathon 7th 1:01:05
▶2014 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
26 Oct Frankfurt Marathon Marathon DNF DNF
13 Apr London Marathon Marathon 5th 2:08:06
24 Jan Dubai Marathon Marathon 1st 2:04:32
ツェガエ・メコネン
（エチオピア）MEKONNEN, Tsegaye (ETH)
04 No.
東京マラソン招待選手―海外男子
Feyisa Lilesa, the 2016 Olympic Marathon silver medalist, is also the Tokyo Marathon 2016 champion.
He made his marathon debut in 2009 when he was 19 years old, and won the Dublin Marathon with a sub-2:10 clocking of 2:09:12. Two months later he also won the Xiamen Marathon while improving a personal best to 2:08:47. The race that made him famous is the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon, third marathon of his career. For the first time in his career, Lilesa ran a truly world class marathon and finished fourth. In Rotterdam, Lilesa improved his personal best by more than three minutes to 2:05:23. It was the fastest marathon by 20 years old at the time, and he became the youngest runner with sub-2:06 clocking. The following year, in 2011, Lilesa won a bronze medal in the World Championships in Deagu.
In the 2012 Chicago Marathon, Lilesa improved his personal best for the first time in two and half years.
His new personal best, 2:04:52, is the fastest marathon by 22 years old. He thus became the second youngest runner to crack 2:05 for the marathon.
Lilesa ran the World Cross Country Championships five times, and his best finish is ninth in 2013.
Lilesa’s 10000m best is modest 27:46.97 but his half marathon performances are nearly world class.
From 2012 to 2014, Lilesa has broken 60 minutes for the half marathon every year at least once. His best, 59:22, was recorded in 2012 in Houston. In the 2017 NYC Half Marathon, Lilesa recorded 1:00:04.
His marathon performance in 2017 is quite dismal, but he has run good half marathons. He won the half marathon race twice and never finished below third.
Lilesa has run four Abbott World Marathon Majors races – London, Berlin, Chicago, and Tokyo and his best finishes are fourth, third, second, and first, respectively. In its eleven years history of the Tokyo Marathon, no man or woman has won this event more than once. So if Lilesa wins at Tokyo, he becomes the first two-time winner in the Tokyo Marathon. However, Lilesa has not cracked 2:14 in his three marathons after the Rio Olympics.
2016 年五輪マラソンの銀メダリストであるフェイサ・リレサは 2 年前の東京マラソ ンのチャンピオンでもある。
2009 年 19 歳の時にダブリンマラソンで初マラソンに挑んだフェイサは、2 時間 09 分 12 秒でいきなり優勝。その 2 カ月後には中国でアモイマラソンを走り、自己ベス トの2時間8 分 47 秒で再び優勝している。転機となったのが、3回目のマラソンとなっ た 2010 年のロッテルダムマラソン。世界の強豪選手が多く集まる超一流の大会で 4 位に入り、自己ベストを3 分以上も更新する2 時間 05 分 23 秒で、20 歳でのマラソ ン最速記録（当時）を樹立した。翌 2011 年にはテグ世界選手権を走り、銅メダル を獲得している。更にその翌年の 2012 年シカゴマラソンでは 2 年半ぶりに自己ベスト を更新、2 時間 4 分 52 秒で 22 歳でのマラソン最速記録（当時）を打ち立てた。
世界クロスカントリー選手権は5回出場し、2013年には最高成績となる9位に入っ た。10000m のベストは 27 分 46 秒 47と平凡だが、ハーフマラソンでは世界のトップ に近い選手だ。2012 年から2014 年まで、シーズンに一度はハーフマラソンで 60 分 を切っており、自己ベストの 59 分 22 秒は 2012 年のヒューストンハーフマラソンで記 録している。そして2017 年のニューヨークシティハーフで 60 分 04 秒を記録している。
同年、マラソンでは不甲斐ない結果に終わったが、ハーフでは優勝 2 回で 3 位以下 はない。
アボット・ワールドマラソンメジャーズではロンドン、ベルリン、シカゴ、そして東京 を走り、最高順位はそれぞれ 4 位、3 位、2 位、そして1 位だ。気がかりなのはリ オ五輪後の 3 回のマラソンで 2 時間 14 分を切っていないことだ。
▶Progressions (8 straight years of sub-2:10 marathons) Year 5000m 10000m/10km Half Marathon Marathon
2017 1:00:04 2:14:12
2016 1:00:45 2:06:56
2015 2:06:35
2014 59:51 2:08:26
2013 59:25 2:07:46
2012 59:22 2:04:52
2011 1:00:50 2:09:54
2010 1:00:33 2:05:23
2009 13:55.31 28:22.1 1:02:15 2:09:12
2008 13:34.80 27:46.97 1:02:26
▶Personal Bests
1000m 27:46:97 -2008 Half Marathon 59:22 -2012 Marathon 2:04:52 -2012 DOB : 1 Feb. 1990 AGE : 28 Height : 178cm Weight : 60kg
▶International
Championships Highlights Marathon
2nd in 2016 Olympic Games; 3rd in 2011 World Championships; DNF in 2013 World Champ World Cross Country Championships 12th in 2009, 26th in 2010, 17th in 2011, 9th in 2013 14th in junior division at 2008
▶Marathon career (AWMM is indicated in BOLD)
Time Race Place Date
2:14:49 Chicago 14th 8 Oct 2017
2:14:12 London 12th 23 Apr 2017
2:15:57 Honolulu 4th 11 Dec 2016
2:09:54 Olympic Games – Rio de Janeiro 2nd 21 Aug 2016
2:06:56 Tokyo 1st 28 Feb 2016
2:06:57 Berlin 3rd 27 Sept 2015
2:09:55 Rotterdam 5th 12 Apr 2015
2:06:35 Dubai 4th 23 Jan 2015
DNF Chicago DNF 12 Oct 2014
2:08:26 London 9th 13 Apr 2014
DNF Frankfurt DNF 27 Oct 2013
DNF World Championships – Moskva DNF 17 Aug 2013
2:07:46 London 4th 21 Apr 2013
Personal Best 2:04:52 Chicago 2nd 7 Oct 2012
2:08:20 London 10th 22 Apr 2012
2:09:54 Nice-Cannes 4th 20 Nov 2011
2:10:32 World Championships – Daegu 3rd 4 Sept 2011
2:11:42 Rotterdam 7th 10 Apr 2011
2:08:10 Chicago 3rd 10 Oct 2010
2:05:23 Rotterdam 4th 11 Apr 2010
2:08:47 Xiamen 1st 2 Jan 2010
2:09:12 Dublin 1st 26 Oct 2009
▶2017 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
8 Oct Chicago Marathon Marathon 14th 2:14:49
10 Sept Great North Run – Newcastle to South Shields Half Marathon 3rd 1:01:32 30 July Media Maraton Internacional Bogota Half marathon 1st 1:04:30
23 Apr London Marathon Marathon 12th 2:14:12
20 Mar NYC Half Marathon Half marathon 1st 1:00:04 15 Jan Aramco Half Marathon – Houston Half marathon 2nd 1:01:14
▶2016 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
11 Dec Honolulu Marathon Marathon 4th 2:15:57
21 Aug Olympic Games – Rio de Janeiro Marathon 2nd 2:09:54 24 Apr Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon Half marathon 3rd 1:00:45
28 Feb Tokyo Marathon Marathon 1st 2:06:56
▶2012 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
7 Oct Chicago marathon Marathon 2nd 2:04:52
29 July Media Maraton Internacional Bogota Half Marathon 2nd 1:03:18 27 May TCS World 10K – Bangalore 10Km 4th 28:30
22 Apr London Marathon Marathon 10th 2:08:20
18 Mar New York City Half Marathon Half marathon 3rd 1:00:45 17 Feb RAK half Marathon – Ras Al Khaimah Half marathon 5th 1:01:52 15 Jan Houston Half Marathon Half Marathon 1st 59:22
▶2013 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
27 Oct Frankfurt Marathon Marathon DNF DNF
17 Aug World Championships Marathon – Moskva Marathon DNF DNF
21 Apr London Marathon Marathon 4th 2:07:46
24 Mar World Cross Country Championships – Bydgoszcz 12Km 9th 33:22 24 Feb Jan Meda International – Addis Ababa 12Km 1st 34:36 15 Feb RAK Half Marathon Half marathon 4th 59:25 13 Jan Houston Marathon Half marathon 1st 1:01:54
▶2011 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
27 Nov Delhi Half Marathon Half Marathon 7th 1:00:50 20 Nov Marathon des Alpes Maritimes Nice-Cannes Marathon 4th 2:09:54 4 Sept World Championships – Daegu Marathon 3rd 2:10:32
10 Apr Rotterdam Marathon Marathon 7th 2:11:42
20 Mar World Cross Country Championships – Punta Umbria 12Km 17th 35:13 20 Feb Jan Meda Cross Country Champ – Addis Ababa 12Km 4th 32:40
▶2015 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
31 Dec Sao Silvestre Road Race – Sao Paulo 15Km 3rd 44:38
27 Sept Berlin Marathon Marathon 3rd 2:06:57
17 May TCS World 10K – Bangalore 10Km 8th 28:56 12 Apr Rotterdam Marathon Marathon 5th 2:09:55
23 Jan Dubai Marathon Marathon 4th 2:06:35
▶2014 Results
Date Race Distance Place Time
12 Oct Chicago Marathon Marathon DNF DNF
13 Apr London Marathon Marathon 9th 2:08:26
14 Feb RAK Half Marathon Half marathon 7th 59:51
フェイサ・リレサ
（エチオピア）LILESA, Feyisa (ETH)