Haile gebrselassie bio, facts, family famous birthdays. I was the kind of child who worked hard every day with the cows and sheep i was a very aggressive boy. Top 30 quotes of haile gebrselassie famous quotes and sayings. The greatest is his authorized biography, written by jim denison, who worked on it with haile for over two years, visited him in ethiopia, and traveled with him on. Haile gebrselassie story bio, facts, networth, family, auto. To go to school he had to walk ten kilometres every day. This biopic gives insight into haile gebrselassie s early lifeupbringing. Ethiopian former marathon world record holder haile gebrselassies training program.
Gebrselassie shatters his own marathon world record the new. Haile gebrselassie bows to will of his people for one last. He won two olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four world championship titles in the event. Ethiopian haile gebrselassie wins the mens 10,000 in the memorial ivo van damme golden league athletics meeting 05 september 2003, in brussels. With haile gebrselassie, shawananness gebrselassie, yonas zergaw, tedesse haile. Watch town of runners online vimeo on demand on vimeo. If his race as a 15yearold in addis ababa is taken into account, this was gebrselassies eighth. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. As graham says, watching mo farah, kenenisa bekele and haile gebrselassie in action is like poetry in motion this video really highlights the running form of these truly exceptional distance runners at 12 miles into the recent 20 great north run half marathon.
The gold medal for the mens 10,000metre race in the 1996 atlanta olympics is won by ethiopian haile gebrselassie. Haile gebrselassie story bio, facts, networth, family. Watch endurance 1999 movie online streaming free full. That part isnt the authors fault, but his fault lies in the narrative not running chronologically. Sport has everything winning, endurance, patience, training. Ethiopias haile gebrselassie is one of the worlds fastest runners and has held several world records in longdistance events. This section contains mature content and you need to be at least 17 years old. Gebrselassie failed in his attempt to break the world. The training of haile gebrselassie and jack foster canutes. Haile the veteran athlete is now a winning junior in business. He has won the dubai marathon thrice and also the 2001 half marathon. Top 30 quotes of haile gebrselassie famous quotes and. Vienna 20414 vienna city marathon aftermath haile gebrselassie greeting his enthusiastic viennese fans after winning vcm half marathon 3rd time.
As a person born on this date, haile gebrselassie is listed in our database as the 62nd most popular celebrity for the day april 18 and the 232nd most popular for the year 1973. Born to run as a child growing up on a farm in ethiopia, haile gebrselassie ran 10 kilometres to school each day and another 10 kilometres back home. Endurance is a 1999 docudrama film about the famous distance runner haile gebrselassie with gebrselassie playing himself it was written and directed by leslie woodhead and bud greenspan, and produced and released by walt disney pictures. A twotime olympic gold medalist in the mens 10,000meter race, gebrselassie is also a top marathon runner and set a new world record time of. The gold medal for the mens 0metre race in the 1996 atlanta. He is an olympic and world champion, winning two olympic gold medals at 10,000 meters and four world championships at the same distance. Portions of content provided by tivo corporation 2020 tivo corporation whats new. Sep 29, 2008 haile gebrselassie of ethiopia again showed why many consider him the greatest distance runner ever, breaking his own world record in the marathon in berlin on sunday and becoming the first person. The story of how longdistance runner haile gebrselassie made his way from a mud hut in ethiopia to atlanta, ga, where he won an olympic gold medal, might have. Haile gebrselassie is a retired ethiopian runner, and one of the sports greatest legends. Browse the independents complete collection of articles and commentary on haile gebrselassie. The only thing that would make it better would be if it had been produced in 2000 so that it could have included geb and tergats rematch at the sydney olympics probably the greatest olympic 10,000m ever. Endurance is a 1999 docudrama film about the famous distance runner haile gebrselassie with gebrselassie playing the role of himself.
The film chronicled his quest to win olympic gold in the 10,000 metres in atlanta. This biopic gives insight into haile gebrselassies early lifeupbringing. Gebrselassie synonyms, gebrselassie pronunciation, gebrselassie translation, english dictionary definition of gebrselassie. Haile gebrselassie was born 18 april, 1973 in asella, arsi province, ethiopia. The book was written at the end of haile s track career so has nothing of his dominance on the roads and multiple world records. Ethiopian haile gebrselassie wins the mens 10,000 in the. Haile gebrselassie is the epitome of a legendary endurance athlete.
As graham says, watching mo farah, kenenisa bekele and haile gebrselassie in action is like poetry in motion this video really highlights the running form of these truly exceptional distance runners at 12 miles into the recent 20 great north run. Haile hotels and resorts, is a privately owned and situated in various part of ethiopia. Although his father wanted him with him on the farm, at 16 years old he decided to train in the police force. Haile gebrselassie is indeed a worthy subject for a docudrama.
It was written and directed by leslie woodhead and bud greenspan, and produced and released by walt disney pictures. Tell us this distance, because we will come back to it several times. Jun 05, 2015 endurance licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of rca victor. Released may 14th, 1999, endurance stars haile gebrselassie, shawananness gebrselassie, yonas zergaw, tedesse haile the g movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 23 min, and received a score of 85. Haile gebrselassie is considered one of the greatest runners in history, with victories and world records in almost every longdistance and middledistance event. On a farm, which was nothing more than a straw hut, a shepherd, his father and nine brothers lived with a child called haile. Ethiopian long distance runner haile gebrselassie documentary. On the last day of september 2007, haile gebrselassie set a world record of 2. Cmrra, bmg rights management us, llc, aresa, downtown music publishing, bmi broadcast music inc.
Last night i thought about writing a piece on the greatest longdistance runner of all times, the great haile gebrselassie. Haile gebrselassie, heroes of ethiopian athletics era. The training of haile gebrselassie and jack foster. During his career he won 2 olympic gold medals, 7 world championship medals 4 golds, and broke a number world records in distances ranging from 2 miles to the marathon. A twotime olympic gold medalist in the mens 10,000meter race, gebrselassie is also a top marathon runner and set a new world record time of 2. I would like to run a good marathon, though after my somewhat disappointing performance in the robin hood halfmarathon last september and apparent acceleration of agerelated deterioration since then. Hailes success his spirit and smile will for sure be an inspiration for future generations of endurance runners in and outside of africa. When they asked me to go somewhere i didnt like to walk, just run. Jul 23, 2014 the training of haile gebrselassie and jack foster in recent months i have been rebuilding the base fitness required for another marathon. Haile gebrselassies world record marathon fueling plan. Greatest distance runner of all time the goat series. Jul 10, 20 haile gebrselassie, the ethiopian distance runner considered one of the greatest of all time, has announced that he plans to stand for parliament with the aim of winning a seat in the countrys. Ethiopian haile gebrselassie haile gebrselassie wins the gold medal in the mens 10,000 meter race at the 1996 atlanta olympics.
He has won the berlin marathon for a record four times and that too consecutively. Haile gebrselassie is an ethiopian athlete, who is the greatest long distance runner of all the time. In 1999, haile starred as himself in the movie endurance. Mar 26, 2011 haile gebrselassie gebrselassie at the 2010 dubai marathon personal information date of birth 18 april 1973 19730418 age 37 place of birth asella, arsi province, ethiopia height 1. Endurance is a 1999 docudrama film about the famous distance runner haile gebrselassie with gebrselassie playing himself. I found it confusing at times knowing where in the time story was, even though i already knew many of the key points. On balance im glad i saw this moviebut not delighted to have purchased it, if that apparent paradox makes any sense. Bekele attended school through the ninth grade, and it was at school that he was introduced to running. Haile gebrselassie is an ethiopian athlete who is considered by many as the greatest longdistance runners of all time. As a former competitive distance runner, it was truly inspiring to see hailes struggles that he overcame. Amazing how some scenes were almost exact duplicates of endurance which featured haile gebrselassie. The 34yearold ethiopian improved the old mark of his kenyan rival paul tergat, who had run 2. Jun, 20 running superstar haile gebrselassie has broken 27 world records the 40yearold ethiopian is still competing in longdistance events gebrselassie won two olympic 10,000m golds before turning to.
Rising from his meager roots in ethiopa, haile gebrselassie pursued his olympic dream and went on to win the gold at the 1996. Haile gebrselassie to run for parliament in ethiopia world. Haile gebrselassie to be world record pacesetter at london. Other articles where haile gebrselassie is discussed. He has to his credit two gold olympic medals at the 10,000m distance. Media in category haile gebrselassie the following 30 files are in this category, out of 30 total. The endurance is a 2000 documentary film directed by george butler about ernest shackletons legendary antarctic expedition in 1914. Endurance licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of rca victor. Sporting witness, haile gebrselassie bbc world service. Since then, the company has increased its destinations to four, by opening haile hotel shashemene, ziway resort and yaya africa athletics village. Film gratis en streaming et download, en langue francaise.
Umpi, downtown music publishing, bmi broadcast music inc. Jul 30, 2015 endurance licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of rca victor. Gebrselassie definition of gebrselassie by the free dictionary. My interest for track and field athletism has always been big, but my interest for 10,000 m was awaken by haile gebrselassie running 10,000 m and taking the gold medal at the 1995 gothenburg games. He has won major titles at all distances from 1500 metres to the marathon. All the latest breaking news on haile gebrselassie. Gebrselassie, forced to drop out, says he is retiring. Haile gebrselassie celebrity biography, zodiac sign and.
The master haile gebrselassie how he trained sweat elite. Ethiopian olympic gold medalwinning runners haile gebrselassie, fatuma roba, and bekoji native derartu tulu, but his first athletic love was football soccer. When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other. Winning two olympic gold medals at 10,000 metres, and four world championships at the same distance. He won the berlin marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the dubai marathon. Best endurance in high quality with movie plot the gold medal for the mens 10,000meter race in the 1996 atlanta olympics is won by ethiopian haile gebrselassie. Haile gebrselassie started off fast and he always held on to win. Feb 17, 2014 haile gebrselassie will pace a world record attempt at aprils london marathon, race organisers have announced the ethiopian great, 40, has been enlisted to take a loaded mens elite field. No, we sell only vintage originals and do not make or distribute any copies, including digital ones. Haile gebrselassie is widely recognized as one of the greatest runners of all times. The legendary ethiopian distance runner recalls winning the olympic 10,000 metres by one second. Endurance the story of haile gebrselassie runneruniverse.