Ethiopian Sports Legends
The greatest ethiopian sports people of all time — across 1 sport.
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🏃 Athletics
Ethiopian
Tirunesh Dibaba
Distance Runner (5000m, 10000m)
Track and field rewards incremental improvements in technique and conditioning pursued through years of struct…
Ethiopian
Kenenisa Bekele
Distance Runner
Ethiopia's most decorated male athlete — world record holder at 5,000m and 10,000m and marathon runner of extr…
Ethiopian
Haile Gebrselassie
Long Distance Runner
The greatest runner of the 1990s and 2000s — 27 world records including multiple marathon and 10,000m records.…
Ethiopian
Haile Gebrselassie
Long Distance Runner
27 world records — the most complete distance runner of the late 20th century.…
Ethiopian
Tirunesh Dibaba
Long Distance Runner
The Baby-Faced Destroyer — three Olympic gold medals and the most dominant long-distance female runner of her …
Ethiopian
Kenenisa Bekele
Long Distance Runner
Three Olympic golds and a marathon world record that stood until Kipchoge — Africa's finest distance runner.…
Ethiopian
Genzebe Dibaba
Middle/Long Distance (1500m)
The world record holder in the 1500m and indoor mile — Tirunesh's younger sister who carved out her own legacy…