Africa: Haile Gebrselassie -- Ethiopia

14 September 2000
allAfrica.com

Washington, D.C. — One of the greatest distance runners of all time, he rose to prominence by winning the world junior championships in 1992. In May 1995 he broke Moses Kiptanui's world record in the two-mile race and then, a week later, broke the world record in the 10k race with a time of 26:43:53. He won gold for the 5k and 10k races at the Atlanta Olympics. He is considering entering the marathon in Sydney.

RELATED LINKS

EthioSports.com, a site specialising in athletics, cycling and soccer: Profile Of Haile Gebreselassie

Tagged:
Copyright © 2000 allAfrica.com. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.

AllAfrica publishes around 500 reports a day from more than 110 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.