Abebe Bikila: Facts & Related Content

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Born August 7, 1932 • Ethiopia
Died October 25, 1973 (aged 41) • Addis AbabaEthiopia
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek
Czech runner
Hannes Kolehmainen
Finnish athlete
Billy Mills
American athlete
Meseret Defar
Meseret Defar
Ethiopian athlete
Peter Snell
Peter Snell
New Zealand athlete
Iolanda Balas
Romanian athlete
Irina Press
Irina Press
Soviet athlete
Olympic champion Tamara Press
Tamara Press
Soviet athlete
Al Oerter
American athlete
Radcliffe, Paula
Paula Radcliffe
British distance runner
Spyridon Louis
Greek marathon runner
Shorter, Frank
Frank Shorter
American athlete
Waldemar Cierpinski
East German athlete
Joan Benoit Samuelson
Joan Benoit Samuelson
American runner
Noureddine Morceli
Algerian athlete
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Finnish runner
Kip Keino
Kip Keino
Kenyan distance runner
Lasse Virén
Finnish distance runner
Ville Ritola
Finnish athlete
Vladimir Kuts
Soviet athlete

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