Track and field athlete Haile Gebrselassie

Haile Gebrselassie

Living place: Ethiopia

Birthday: 18-4-1973 (51 years old)

Population of the world 1973: 3.937 billions

Global rank: #28962

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Who is Track and field athlete Haile Gebrselassie?
Ethiopian running legend who won 10,000 meters of gold at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as several world championships gold medals.
He set a world-record marathon time with 2:03:59 at the 2008 Berlin Marathon.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He had to run 10 km to school as a child.

Family life info

He was married to Alem Gebrselassie in 1996.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Track and field athlete Haile Gebrselassie?
He won 10,000 Olympic gold meters in 2000; Mo Farah would perform the same feats twelve years later.

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When was Track and field athlete Haile Gebrselassie born?
Haile Gebrselassie birthday 18-4-1973 (at the age of 51).
Where is Track and field athlete Haile Gebrselassie's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Haile Gebrselassie was born in . is a Track and field athlete, whose Zodiac is Aries, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. Haile Gebrselassie's global rank is 28962 and whose rank is 41 in list of famous Track and field athlete. Population of the world in 1973 is about 3.937 billions persons.
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Events in 1973 and 18-4

Events in the world in the birth year of Haile Gebrselassie

  • Great Britain, Ireland, and Denmark enter European Economic Community (Jan. 1).
  • A ceasefire is signed, ending involvement of American ground troops in the Vietnam War. (Jan. 28).
  • US bombing of Cambodia ends, marking official halt to 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia (Aug. 15).
  • Chile's Marxist president, Salvadore Allende, is overthrown (Sept. 11); Gen. Augusto Pinochet takes power.
  • Fourth and largest Arab-Israeli conflict begins when Egyptian and Syrian forces attack Israel as Jews mark Yom Kippur, holiest day in their calendar (Oct. 6). Egypt and Israel sign US-sponsored cease-fire accord (Nov. 11). Background: Arab-Israeli Wars
  • Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) hikes oil prices tremendously in retaliation for Western countries' involvement in Yom Kippur War.

Birthday Haile Gebrselassie (18-4) in history

  • Day 18-4 year 1775: Silversmith Paul Revere rode from Charlestown to Lexington to warn Massachusetts colonists of the arrival of British troops during the American Revolution.
  • Day 18-4 year 1906: The Great San Francisco Earthquake destroyed over 4 sq mi. and killed over 500 people.
  • Day 18-4 year 1923: The first game was played in Yankee Stadium (“the House that Ruth built”). Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4–1.
  • Day 18-4 year 1956: Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco.
  • Day 18-4 year 1968: London Bridge was sold to an American. It was rebuilt in Arizona.
  • Day 18-4 year 1978: The U.S. Senate voted to hand over the Panama Canal to Panamanian control on Dec. 31, 1999.
  • Day 18-4 year 2002: Afghanistan’s former king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, returned after 29 years in exile.
  • Day 18-4 year 2012: American Bandstand and New Year's Rockin' Eve host Dick Clark died of heart failure.
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