Kenenisa Bekele, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kenenisa Bekele

Ethiopian long-distance runner

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1982

Place of Birth: Bekoji, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Profession: long-distance runner, athletics competitor

Nationality: Ethiopia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Kenenisa Bekele

  • Kenenisa Bekele (Oromo: Qananiisaa baqqalaa; Amharic: ???? ???; born 13 June 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and the current world record and Olympic record holder in both the 5000-metre and 10,000-metre events.
  • He won the gold medal in both the 5000 m and 10,000 m events at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
  • At the 2004 Olympics he won the gold medal in the 10,000 m and the silver medal in the 5000 m.
  • He is married to actress Danawit Gebregziabher and he has one younger brother, Tariku Bekele, who is also an accomplished world-class distance runner. He is the most successful runner in the history of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, with six long (12 km) course and five short (4 km) course titles.
  • He won the 10,000 m title at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 (matching Haile Gebrselassie's four in a row win streak).
  • Kenenisa was unbeaten over 10,000 m from his debut in 2003 until 2011, when he failed to finish at the World Championships final. At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics he became the first man to win both 5000 m and 10,000 m title at the same championships.
  • Over 5000 m he has also won an Olympic silver (2004), World Championship bronze (2003), two African Championship titles and one All-Africa Games gold medal.
  • He also won the 3000 metres title at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. On 6 April 2014, he produced the sixth fastest marathon debut ever on a record-eligible course with his victory at the Paris Marathon, in a course record time of 2:05:04.
  • On 25 September 2016, Kenenisa won the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:03:03, a new personal best, then the third-fastest marathon of all time.
  • On 29 September 2019, he again won the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:01:41, two seconds slower than the world record of 2:01:39 set by Eliud Kipchoge in the 2018 Berlin Marathon.

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