Weynay ghebresilasia
Weynay Ghebresilasie (born May 24, 1994 ) is an Eritrean athlete who specializes in the obstacle course .
Ghebresilasie finished 30th in the junior race at the 2011 Cross Country World Championships in Punta Umbría. At the Junior World Championships in Athletics in 2012 in Barcelona, he was sixth in the obstacle course. Shortly thereafter, he started in the same discipline at the Olympic Games in London , but retired early as tenth in his preliminary run. Ghebresilasie was the flag bearer of the Eritrean team in London. After the Olympics, he applied for political asylum in Great Britain. He now lives in Sunderland and starts for the Sunderland Harriers .
Web links
- Athlete portrait of Weynay Ghebresilasie ( memento from April 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) at the IAAF (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Guardian : Eritrea's flag-carrying runner seeks asylum in UK to flee repressive regime (English), August 15, 2012
- ↑ Athletics Weekly: Weynay Ghebresilasie targets his 'local' National ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), January 29, 2013
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| SURNAME | Ghebresilasia, Weynay |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Eritrean athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1994 |