Kebede Balcha
Kebede Balcha (born September 7, 1951 - † July 10, 2018 in Toronto ) was an Ethiopian marathon runner .
At the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 1983 , he won the silver medal in 2:10:27 behind Robert De Castella (AUS) and ahead of Olympic champion Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR).
Further successes are the gold medal at the African marathon championship in 1979 in Dakar , four victories at the Montreal marathon (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985), a fourth place at the London marathon 1983, a second place at the Frankfurt marathon 1984 and at the 1985 Tokyo International Men's Marathon and a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan-African Games .
He set his best time of 2:10:03 in 1983 in Montreal .
Web links
- Kebede Balcha in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary - Ethiopian marathoner Kebede Balcha. In: africathle.com. July 20, 2018, accessed July 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Montreal Marathon on arrs.run
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| SURNAME | Balcha, Kebede |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian marathon runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1951 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 2018 |
| Place of death | Toronto |