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    Haile Gebrselassie

    Ethiopian long-distance runner and businessman (born 1973)

    "Gebrselassie" redirects here. For the Ethiopian emperor, see Haile Selassie. For the Czech footballer, see Theodor Gebre Selassie.

    This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Haile, and not as Gebrselassie.

    Haile in 2012

    Full nameHaile Gebresilasse
    CitizenshipEthiopian
    Born (1973-04-18) 18 April 1973 (age 51)
    Asella, Arsi Province, Ethiopian Empire
    Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
    Weight54 kg (119 lb)[1]
    Spouse

    Alem Gebrselassie

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    (m. 1996)​
    Children3, Edet, Melat, and Batiy
    CountryEthiopia
    SportAthletics/Track, Long-distance running
    Event(s)10,000 metres, 5000 metres, 3000 metres, 1500 metres, Half marathon, Marathon
    ClubAdidas
    RetiredMay 2015
    Olympic finals
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      NO PLACE LIKE ETHIOPIA

      Q & A with former International Athlete and two-time Olympian Richard Nerurkar

      Richard had a successful track career before moving on to the vägar and embracing the challenge of the Marathon. He held the British record for 10 miles of 46:02, set in October 1993 (and which wasn’t broken until March 2023 by Emile Cairess). That year he moved up in distance to the marathon. He finished in fifth place in the 1996 Olympics with a personal best time of 2:08:36.
      We met up with Richard recently to talk running, Ethiopia and his passion for great tasting coffee!

      1. As a former international athlete how did you get into the world of coffee?
      Over the past 24 years, since inom first visited Ethiopia a few months before the Olympic Games in Sydney, I’ve had some pretty special experiences there. Seeing the growth in mass-participation running in which I have been involved has been one. Another was organising road cycling tours in the stunning scenery of north

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      Gebrselassie, Haile

      1973—

      Athlete

      Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie is one of the world's fastest runners and has held several world records in long-distance events. A two-time Olympic gold medalist in the men's 10,000-meter race, Gebrselassie is also a top marathon runner and set a new world record time of 2:04:26 with his win in the 2007 Berlin Marathon. Like many of the world's best runners, he hails from a part of the African continent known for both its high altitude and dire poverty, and he has invested his earnings in several business ventures back in his homeland as a mission to create jobs, end famine, and improve the lives of ordinary Ethiopians.

      Born in 1973, Gebrselassie grew up near the town of Asela, in the Arsi zone in central Ethiopia. His earliest years were a time of political upheaval: In 1974 the country's longtime monarchy was ousted by a Communist military dictatorship, which then engaged in a brutal campaign, known as the Red Terror, to root out dissent.

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