Haile gebru biography samples

Haile Gebrselassie was born 18 April, 1973 in Asella, Arsi Province, Ethiopia.

He is an Olympic and world champion. Winning two Olympic gold medals at 10,000 metres, and four world championships at the same distance.

He has won major titles at all distances from 1500 metres to the marathon.

During his career, he broke 27 world records and is widely considered one of the greatest distance runners of all time.

Although he is still a keen runner, he has announced plans to enter into politics to help his country, Ethiopia move forward.

Early Life

Haile was one of ten children growing up on a farm in Arsi Province, Ethiopia.

He used to run barefoot 10km to school every day, carrying his school books.

Haile gebru biography samples pdf

Haile said his first race was a 1,500 m school race. Although he was younger than the other competitors he started off fast and held on to win. This made him (and others) excited at his potential. He then decided to concentrate more on running.

As a youngster, his big running hero was f