Olympic Medalists for Ethiopia - Olympic Bronze Medalists for Ethiopia, Olympic Gold Medalists for Ethiopia (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Olympic Bronze Medalists for Ethiopia, Olympic Gold Medalists for Ethiopia, Olympic Silver Medalists for Ethiopia, Mamo Wolde, Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Tirunesh Dibaba, Meseret Defar, Abebe Bikila, Tsegaye Kebede, Derartu Tulu, Sileshi Sihine, Gete Wami, Ejegayehu Dibaba, Fita Bayisa, Miruts Yifter, Millon Wolde, Gezahegne Abera, Mohamed Kedir, Fatuma Roba, Eshetu Tura, Tesfaye Tola. Excerpt: Haile Gebrselassie (Ge'ez:, hayl gebre silass; born April 18, 1973) is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. Gebrselassie has achieved major competition wins at distances between 1500 metres and the marathon, moving from outdoor, indoor and cross country running to road running in the latter part of his career. He has broken 27 world records and won numerous Olympic and World Championship titles, and is widely considered one of the greatest distance runners in history. In September 2008, at the age of 35, he won the Berlin Marathon with a world record time of 2:03:59, breaking his own world record by 27 seconds. Gebrselassie was born as one of ten children in Asella, Arsi Province, Ethiopia. As a child growing up on a farm he used to run ten kilometres to school every morning, and the same back every evening. This led to a distinctive running posture, with his left arm crooked as if still holding his schoolbooks. Gebrselassie gained international recognition in 1992 when he won the 5000-metre and 10,000-metre races at the 1992 Junior World Championships in Seoul, and a silver medal in the junior race at the World Cross Country Championships. The next year, in 1993, Gebrselassie won the first of what would eventually be four consecutive world championships titles in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1993, 1995, 1997, and 19... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=616517