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Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha (Oromo: Qananiisaa baqqalaa; Amharic: ቀነኒሳ በቀለ; born 13 June 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5,000-metre and 10,000-metre from 2004 until 2020.
Honours Summary. 3 x Olympic champion. 5 x World champion. 1 x Olympic Games Silver medallist. 1 x World Indoor champion. More Honours. World Rankings. Personal Bests. Seasons Bests.
Kenenisa Bekele: Pushing himself to the limits. Bekele’s personal best of 2:01:41 from Berlin 2019 still stands as the third-fastest time ever recorded, trailing behind the Kenyan pair of Kiptum, the new world record holder, and Kipchoge.
Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele is not one to give up easily. Just as he destroyed his racing rivals with his blistering speed and unmatched aggression on the athletics track, the three-time Olympic champion maintained his incredible competitiveness and passion for his runs when he stepped up to compete at the marathon distance.
Jun 9, 2024 · Kenenisa Bekele (born June 13, 1982, near Bekoji, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who won Olympic gold medals in the 10,000 metres in 2004 and in both the 5,000 metres and the 10,000 metres in 2008. He later had success in the marathon.
Nov 13, 2019 · Described as one of the greatest comebacks in athletics history, Kenenisa Bekele’s astonishing victory in September’s Berlin Marathon in 2:01:41 – within two seconds of the world record - sent shockwaves through the athletics world.
After setting a world junior record for the 3,000m in 2001, Bekele achieved his first senior success at the 2002 World Cross Country Championships in Dublin, where he became the first man to win the long and short races at the same championships.
Feb 20, 2004 · Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele brought the crowd in the National Indoor Arena to its feet with a successful attack on the World indoor 5000m record, finishing with a determined sprint in a time of 12:49.60 during a memorable night’s competition at the Norwich Union Grand Prix.
Kenenisa Bekele started out as a football player, but soon switched to running, and is considered among the greatest ever distance runners. The short Ethiopian was seen as the successor to Haile Gebrselassie. Bekele’s first successes came in cross-country.
Nov 5, 2021 · In 2019, Kenenisa Bekele came within two seconds of breaking Eliud Kipchoge’s world record. At 39, the Ethiopian champion has come to New York to prove he can still win anywhere.
