Haile Gebrselassie

Haile Gebrselassie - Gebreselassie for the French-speaking people - is a runner Ethiopia basic N, born with Arssi the April 18th 1973. However, the age of Haile Gebreselassie remains dubious, because if one refers to the Ethiopian calendar, based on the Egyptian calendar, it would have been born on April 18th, 1966. This does not minimize its performances, but seems more realistic with its appearance. He is regarded by much as one of the best long-distance runners of all times.

Even if it were not the first to cross 13 minutes the mythical stages for the {{Formatnum: 5000}} meters and 27 minutes for the {{Formatnum: 10000}} meters, it was however the first runner to cross the two stages.

In 1999, it played its own part in the film Endurance , film which tells its search for the Olympic victory over {{Formatnum: 10000}} meters with OJ of Atlanta.

In 2005, it gained the Marathon of Amsterdam, and in 2006 that of Berlin. In 2007, it republishes its performance of 2006 by again gaining the Marathon of Berlin and by establishing new world records of the Marathon in 2:04 ' 26" (either an average pace of 2 ' 57" by kilometer).

Prize list

Olympic Games

Olympic Games of summer of 1996 with Atlanta:

Gold medal on {{Formatnum: 10000}} Olympic meters

Games of summer of 2000 with Sydney:

Gold medal on {{Formatnum: 10000}} meters

Championships of the World

Championships of the world of athletics 1993 with Stuttgart:

Gold medal on {{Formatnum: 10000}} meters
Medal of money on {{Formatnum: 5000}} meters

Championships of the world of athletics 1995 with Gothenburg:

Gold medal on {{Formatnum: 10000}} meters

Championships of the world of athletics 1997 with Athens:

Gold medal on {{Formatnum: 10000}} meters
Indoor Gold medal of the {{Formatnum: 3000}} meters

Championships of the world of athletics 1999 with Seville:

Gold medal on {{Formatnum: 10000}} meters
Indoor Gold medal of the {{Formatnum: 3000}} meters
Indoor Gold medal of the {{Formatnum: 1500}} meters

Championships of the world of athletics 2001 with Edmonton:

Gold medal of Semi-Marathon
Bronze medal on {{Formatnum: 10000}} meters

Championships of the world of athletics 2003 with Paris

Medal of money on {{Formatnum: 10000}} meters

World records

15 world records of which:

World records of the {{Formatnum: 5000}} meters: 12 ' 56" 96 in 1994, 12 ' 44" 39 in 1995, 12 ' 41" 86 in 1997, 12 ' 39" 36 in 1998
World records of the {{Formatnum: 10000}} meters: 26 ' 43" 53 in 1995, 26 ' 43" 53 in 1995, 26 ' 31" 32 in 1997, 26 ' 22" 75 in 1998
World records semi-marathon: in 58" 55 in 2006
World records 20 km road in 55 ' 48" 00 in 2006
World records of the 10 km road in 27 ' 02" in 2004
World records of the 25 km in 1:11 ' 37" in Alphen aan den Rijn (Netherlands), on March 12th, 2006
World records 20.000 m on track in 56 ' 26" 00 in Ostrava (Czech Republic), on June 27th, 2007
World records of the hour on track: 21 km 285 in Ostrava (Czech Republic), on June 27th, 2007
World records of the marathon in 2:04 ' 26" with Berlin (Germany), on September 30th, 2007

See too

Catalog of films

Endurance (1999) of Leslie Woodhead and Bud Greenspan
Hearts of athletes (2003) of Patrick Montel and Governed Wargnier (cross portrait of Haile Gebrselassie, Heike Drechsler and Hicham El Guerrouj)

External bonds

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