Abebe Bikila

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Death	50 years ago
Date of birth	August 7,1932
Zodiac sign	Leo
Born	ሸዋ
	Weyin Amba
	Ethiopia
Date of died	October 25,1973
Died	Addis Ababa
	Ethiopia
Height	177 (cm)
Spouse	Yewibdar Giorghis
Olympic_medals	Athletics At The 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Marathon
Children	Yetnayet Abebe Bikila
	Teferi Bikila
	Dawit Abebe
	Tsige Abebe
Job	Track and field athlete
Parents	Bikila Demissie
	Widnesh Menberu
Awards	BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year
Movies/Shows	The Athlete
Weight	57 (kg)
Nationality	Ethiopian
Event	10,000 m
Date of Reg.	2019-02-22 13:40:46
Date of Upd.	2023-09-12 00:04:21
ID	449809

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Abebe Bikila Life story

Shambel Abebe Bikila was an Ethiopian marathon runner who was a back-to-back Olympic marathon champion. He is the first Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist, winning his and Africa's first gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome while running barefoot. At the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, he won his second gold medal.