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Tete Dijana

Tete Morena Dijana[1]
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NationalitySouth African
Born (1988-05-16) May 16, 1988 (age 37)[2]

Tete Morena Dijana (born 1988) is a South African ultramarathon runner who won the Comrades Marathon in 2022, 2023 and 2025.[3][4][2][5][1][6]

Originally from Mahikeng in the North West province, Dijana quit his job as a security guard at North-West University to focus on running.[7][5][8]

Career

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In his debut Comrades Marathon in 2019, Dijana finished in 50th place with a time of 6:25:03 and earned a silver medal.[2][7][5][a]

Dijana joined the Nedbank Running Club in 2022.[7] He finished second in the 2022 Nedbank Breaking Barriers 50 km, one place ahead of Edward Mothibi, a Nedbank teammate and the winner of the 2019 Comrades Marathon.[7]

At the 2022 Comrades Marathon (down run), Dijana and Mothibi ran together as the race leaders during part of the second half of the race.[5] Eventually, Dijana broke away with less than 10 km (6.2 mi) to go, and won the race with a time of 5:30:38, over three minutes ahead of Mothibi, who finished in second place.[10][4][5][b]

Tete Dijana and Gerda Steyn had a record-breaking run at 2023 Comrades Marathon (down run) as they emerged as winners in the Men and Women categories.[citation needed]

After a difficult 2024 Comrades (up run) where he entered as favourite to win a hat-trick but ultimately finished 14th, he returned to the down run in 2025 winning his third title.

Notes

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  1. ^ At the Comrades Marathon, a finish time under 7:30 qualifies a runner for a silver medal or better.[9]
  2. ^ This was Dijana's second Comrades Marathon; the race was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.[11][7][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Tete Morena Dijana wins men's race in just his second Comrades".
  2. ^ a b c "DUV Ultra Marathon Statistics".
  3. ^ "Tete Dijana wins 2025 Men's Comrades Marathon - eNCA". www.enca.com. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Comrades Live Results".
  5. ^ a b c d e "Live | SA's Dijana, Russia's Morozova crowned 2022 Comrades Marathon …".
  6. ^ "Morena DIJANA | Profile | World Athletics".
  7. ^ a b c d e "Nedbank Running Club - Nedbank running clubs Dijana looking for Comra..."
  8. ^ "Comrades Marathon result: Tete Dijana storms to victory".
  9. ^ "The nine medals you can win at the Comrades Marathon - Canadian Runni…".
  10. ^ "Update | Tete Dijana and Alexandra Morozova win Comrades 2022 | Witne…".
  11. ^ "Comrades Marathon cancelled in its centenary year due to COVID-19".
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