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Miruts Yifter (Amharic and Tigrinya: ምሩፅ ይፍጠር,
affectionately known as "
Yifter the Shifter", 15 May 1944 – 22
December 2016) was an
Ethiopian long-distance...
- Emil Zátopek (1952) and
Russian Vladimir Kuts (1956).
After them,
Miruts Yifter (1980) and
Kenenisa Bekele (2008), both from Ethiopia, and Mo
Farah from...
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achieving the 5000 m/10000 m
distance double, last
achieved by
Ethiopian Miruts Yifter in 1980
Moscow Olympics. El
Guerrouj became the
first man in 80
years to...
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points more than the
winning score in
Moscow at the time.
Ethiopian Miruts Yifter won the 5,000
metres and 10,000
metres athletics double,
emulating L****e...
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Vladimir Kuts (1956), L****e Virén (twice, in 1972 and 1976) and
Miruts Yifter (1980).
Kenenisa Bekele won two gold
medals at the 2009
World Championships...
- Prefontaine,
American middle- and long-distance athlete.
Miruts Yifter, aka '
Yifter the Shifter',
Ethiopian winner of two
golds at the 1980 Olympics...
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Foster asked Yifter and his
teammates if they
would sing the
anthem themselves,
which they did in the
middle of the stadium—and
Yifter returned to outclass...
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finished eleventh,
almost 40
seconds behind the winner, Ethiopia's
Miruts Yifter. In 2010, he was
inducted into the
England Athletics Hall of Fame. Brendan...
- distance-runners
include Derartu Tulu,
Abebe Bikila, Mamo Wolde,
Miruts Yifter,
Addis Abebe,
Sileshi Sihine,
Gebregziabher Gebremariam,
Belayneh Densamo...
- well
known environmentalist and
brother of
Sibhat Gebregziabhier Miruts Yifter,
Olympic Runner Gebrehiwot Baykedagn, was an
Ethiopian doctor, economist...
