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    Gezahegne Abera (Amharic: ገዛሄኘ አበራ; born April 23, 1978) is an Ethiopian athlete and winner of the marathon race at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Born in...
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  • Abera is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Gezahegne Abera (born 1978), Ethiopian long-distance runner Abera Kuma...
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  • Gezahegne (born 1991), Ethiopian-born Bahraini middle distance runner Gezahegne Abera (born 1978), Ethiopian long-distance runner This page or section lists...
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    been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Gezahegne Abera of Ethiopia, the nation's first victory in the event since winning...
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    gold at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. After Ethiopia's Gezahegne Abera, he is the second person to follow an Olympic marathon title with a...
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    Feyisa Lilesa – Athlete Firehiwot Tufa Dado Gelete Burka Genzebe Dibaba Gezahegne Abera Gudisa Shentema Guye Adola Ibrahim Jeilan – Imane Merga Kenenisa Bekele...
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  • marathons, see List of marathoners who are non-running specialists. "Gezahegne Abera". Global Athletics and Marketing Inc. Archived from the original on...
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    Lee Bong-ju  South Korea Erick Wainaina  Kenya 2000 Sydney details Gezahegne Abera  Ethiopia Erick Wainaina  Kenya Tesfaye Tola  Ethiopia 2004 Athens...
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    Tamirat Tola Abera (born 11 August 1991) is an Ethiopian world champion long-distance runner who competes in track, road and cross country events. He...
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    Martín Fiz (ESP) 1997: Abel Antón (ESP) 1999: Abel Antón (ESP) 2001: Gezahegne Abera (ETH) 2003: Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2005: Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2007: Luke...
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    Lee Bong-ju  South Korea Erick Wainaina  Kenya 2000 Sydney details Gezahegne Abera  Ethiopia Erick Wainaina  Kenya Tesfaye Tola  Ethiopia 2004 Athens...
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  • race's history when he edged out Gezahegne Abera of Ethiopia and fellow Kenyan and previous year's champion, Moses Tanui. Abera and Lagat were both clocked...
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  • Enefiok Udo-Obong 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 4×400 metre relay  Gold Gezahegne Abera 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's marathon  Gold Maria de Lurdes Mutola 2000...
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  • in Edmonton, Canada was won by Ethiopia's reigning Olympic champion Gezahegne Abera. A year later, Biwott won the Rotterdam Marathon. He also won marathons...
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  • Carl Oliver Chris Brown Timothy Munnings* 2:59.23 Marathon details Gezahegne Abera  Ethiopia 2:10:11 Erick Wainaina  Kenya 2:10:31 Tesfaye Tola  Ethiopia...
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  • Elizabeth Habte Wold, mixed-media artist Zerihun Yetmgeta Ale Felege Selam Gezahegne Abera, runner Haimro Alame (born 1990), Ethiopian-born Israeli runner Gashau...
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  • course that started in North Sydney. The event was won by Ethiopian Gezahegne Abera, with Kenyan Erick Wainaina second, and Tesfaye Tola, also of Ethiopia...
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  • 1977 – Lee Young-pyo, South Korean international footballer 1978 – Gezahegne Abera, Ethiopian runner 1979 – Barry Hawkins, English snooker player 1979...
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    Gezahegne Abera is a three-time race winner...
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    closing ceremony. Ethiopian runner Gezahegne Abera won the Gold, Kenya's Erick Wainaina took the silver, while Gezahegne's countryman Tesfaye Tola took bronze...
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    marathon  Bronze Gete Wami 1996 Atlanta Athletics Women's 10,000 m  Gold Gezahegne Abera 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's marathon  Gold Haile Gebrselassie 2000...
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  • Tokyo International Women's Marathon in 2003. That year, she married Gezahegne Abera, the 2000 Olympic marathon champion. Alemu returned to the Boston course...
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    grew up in the Arsi region of Ethiopia, as a junior he trained with Gezahegne Abera. Abyu left Ethiopia where his father had been killed in the civil war...
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  •  Ethiopia 27:53.97 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 27:54.41 Marathon details Gezahegne Abera  Ethiopia 2:12:42 (SB) Simon Biwott  Kenya 2:12:43 Stefano Baldini...
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  • history of the event. Kiprotich became only the second man, after Gezahegne Abera, to follow an Olympic marathon gold medal with a world championship...
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    a new Olympic record. A cousin of 2000 Olympic marathon champion Gezahegne Abera, Tiki was born in Jijiga, capital city of Ethiopia's Somali Region...
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    Martín Fiz (ESP) 1997: Abel Antón (ESP) 1999: Abel Antón (ESP) 2001: Gezahegne Abera (ETH) 2003: Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2005: Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2007: Luke...
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    Martín Fiz (ESP) 1997: Abel Antón (ESP) 1999: Abel Antón (ESP) 2001: Gezahegne Abera (ETH) 2003: Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2005: Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2007: Luke...
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    Martín Fiz (ESP) 1997: Abel Antón (ESP) 1999: Abel Antón (ESP) 2001: Gezahegne Abera (ETH) 2003: Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2005: Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2007: Luke...
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  • Lee Bong-ju  South Korea Erick Wainaina  Kenya 2000 Sydney details Gezahegne Abera  Ethiopia Erick Wainaina  Kenya Tesfaye Tola  Ethiopia 2004 Athens...
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