Kenenisa BEKELE

Kenenisa Bekele - Ethiopia - 2005 World Champs 10000m Gold  (result)

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 08 August 2005

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Sunday, 13 June 1982
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Near Bekoji, Arsi Province, Ethiopia
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Ethiopia
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Kenenisa BEKELE - Ethiopia - 2005 World Champs 10000m Gold (result)

Kenenisa is pictured above in the closing few metres of the mens 10000m at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. He won the gold medal in a time of 27: 08.33, thus defending the title he had won two years previously in Paris. His compatriot Sileshi Sihine (274) won the silver and Kenya's Moses Mosop (567) the bronze. The inset photo shows a happy Bekele celebrating his vicotry.
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Men's 10, 000m. Final. 2005 World Athletics Championships
1. Kenenisa BEKELE  ETH  27: 08.33
2. Sileshi SIHINE  ETH  27: 08.87
3. Moses MOSOP  KEN  27: 08.96
4. Boniface KIPROP  UGA  27: 10.98
5. Martin Irungu MATHATHI  KEN  27: 12.51
6. Zersenay TADESSE  ERI  27: 12.82
7. Adebe Dinkesa NEGERA  ETH  27: 13.09
8. Abderrah GOUMRI  MAR  27: 14.64