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Abel Chimukoko (born September 29, 1972 in Mutoko, Mashonaland East) is a Zimbabwean long-distance runner. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he finished in 48th place (2:22:09) in the men's marathon race. His personal best time is 2:15:29 hours, achieved in 2003.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Zimbabwe | |||||
| 1995 | World Half Marathon Championships | Montbéliard-Belfort, France | 60th | Half marathon | 1:05:15 |
| 1997 Manzanares 6 km road race, Spain [16:28:28] 1st | World Half Marathon Championships | Košice, Slovakia | 24th | Half marathon | 1:01:07 |
| 1998 IAAF Cross Country Championship. Amoribieta 10 km.Spain 2nd IAAF Cross Country Championships. Chibaken 12 km .Japan 2nd IAAF Cross Country Championships. Chinqui Mulin 10 km.Italy 4th IAAF Cross Country Championships. Seville 10 km.Spain 7th 1998 IAAF Cross Country world ranking. 4th Riba Roca miler [3:57:27] 2nd Getafe 3000m.Spain [7:58:25] 5th | Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 6th | 10,000 m | 29:10.53 2001 Hamburg Marathon 30 km pacing [1:29:37] 2003 Carrela de Agua Madrid 10 km. [28:01min] 1st |
| 2003 | All-Africa Games | Abuja, Nigeria | 5th | Marathon | 2:30:20 |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 48th | Marathon | 2:22:09 |
2005 Carrela de Aqua 10 km.Madrid. [28:19] 3rd
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In the biblical Book of Genesis, Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. The brothers made sacrifices, each from his own fields, to God. God had regard for Abel's offering, but had no regard for Cain's. Cain killed Abel and God cursed Cain, sentencing him to a life of transience. Cain then dwelt in the land of Nod, where he built a city and fathered the line of descendants beginning with Enoch.
Sidney Gerald Abel was a Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player, coach and general manager in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Detroit Red Wings, and was a member of Stanley Cup-winning teams in 1943, 1950, and 1952. In 2017, Abel was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players" in history.
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Clarence John "Taffy" Abel was an American professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks between 1926 and 1934. Born in 1900 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States, as a Native American Ojibwe, he was forced to hide his Native American ancestry until 1939. He was a silver medalist in ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics and the U.S. flagbearer for those games, making him the first Native American to play, and to win a medal, in the Winter Olympics. He was a member of two Stanley Cup championship teams. On November 16, 1926, he became the first United States–born Native American player to become an NHL regular, with the New York Rangers. He is a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Abel Kirui is a long-distance runner from Kenya who competes in marathons. He had back-to-back wins in the World Championship marathon in 2009 and 2011. Kirui won in 2009 with a time of 2:06:54, then defended his title with a winning margin of two minutes and 28 seconds – the largest ever margin at the World Championship event. He earned the silver medal in the 2012 London Olympic marathon.
Abel Mathías Hernández Platero is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Uruguayan Primera División club Liverpool Montevideo.
The men's marathon at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on the Olympic marathon street course on 12 August, the final day of the Games. One hundred and five athletes from 67 nations competed. The event was won by Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda, the nation's first Olympic men's marathon victory and the nation's only medal in 2012. Kenya earned its fourth and fifth medals in five Games, with Abel Kirui's silver and Wilson Kipsang's bronze.
Jennifer Abel is a Canadian former diver. She is currently partnered with Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu for synchronized diving. She won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 3 m synchro diving event with Émilie Heymans and a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the same event with Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu. Abel is a four-time Commonwealth Games champion in the 1 m and 3 m synchronized springboard; and is also a three-time Pan American Games champion in the 3 m springboard and 3 m synchronized springboard. Her ten medals at the FINA World Championships are a record for most medals by a Canadian in diving at the world championships.
François Imbeau-Dulac is a Canadian diver.
Róbert Štefko is a retired Slovak long-distance runner. He finished fourth in the 1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres in a time of 28:08.02, less than 2 seconds behind the winner Abel Antón of Spain. He competed in the men's marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics representing Slovakia and the same event at the 2004 Summer Olympics representing the Czech Republic. In April 2004, he became a Czech citizen.
Abel Ruiz Ortega is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Girona and the Spain national team.
Fábio Ribeiro Moreno is a Brazilian football manager. He is the current performance analyst of Santos.
Abel Manomey is a Ghanaian professional footballer who last played as a forward for Ghanaian Premier League side Dreams F.C. He previously featured for the Accra Hearts of Oak and Accra Great Olympics. Born in Accra, Manomey is known for advocating for footballers to start planning their life after football due to the inconsistencies in playing football in Africa and specifically locally in Ghana.
Abel Kipsang Bele is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He placed fourth in the event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Kipsang won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade.
