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| show-medals = yes }} Mebrahtom "Meb" Keflezighi (; Ge'ez: መብራህቶም ክፍልእዝጊ, ''Mebrāhtōm Kifl'igzī''; born May 5, 1975) is an Eritrean-born American long distance runner. He is the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the marathon and finished in fourth place in the 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the 2009 New York City Marathon on November 1, 2009, and the 2014 Boston Marathon on April 21, 2014, becoming the first American man to win each race since 1982 and 1983, respectively. Keflezighi is a graduate of UCLA where he won four NCAA championships competing for the UCLA Bruins track and field team. He came in fourth in the 2014 New York City Marathon on November 2, 2014 and eighth in the 2015 Boston Marathon on April 20, 2015. ==Early life and education== Keflezighi and his family were refugees from Eritrea, who came to the United States via Italy in 1987. He is one of ten children.〔May, Peter. ("A Year Later, It’s Old Glory in Boston Marathon." ) The New York Times. April 21, 2014〕 He began running while a student at Memorial Academy in San Diego, where he ran a 5:10 mile before going on to win both the 1600 meters and 3200 meters at the CIF California State Championships in 1994 for San Diego High School.〔〔(See YouTube highlights ). Youtube.com. Retrieved April 22, 2014.〕 Keflezighi became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1998 – the same year in which he graduated from UCLA. While at UCLA Keflezighi received numerous All-American awards and other accolades.〔 He won four NCAA championships (the 5k and 10k outdoor and 5 k indoor) during the 1996–97 season, including the cross-country title, spanning from the track and field season in the spring to the cross country season in the fall .〔 He was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Meb Keflezighi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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