Sisay Bezabeh

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Sisay Bezabeh
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1977-09-09) 9 September 1977 (age 48)
Asella, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
SportAthletics
Event(s)
 10,000 meter run
Marathon
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
World Cross Country Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Stellenbosch U20 team

Sisay Bezabeh (born 9 September 1977 in Asella, Oromia Region, Ethiopia) is an Australian athlete of Ethiopian descent who specialized in the 10,000 metres and the marathon. He participated in the Olympic Games twice but did not place.

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Representing Ethiopia, Bezabeh won a silver medal at the 1996 World Cross Country Championships, in the U20 team race. Bezabeh transferred his allegiance to Australia at the beginning of 1999. [1]

Bezabeh came to Sydney, Australia to compete in the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but he stayed and was eventually accepted as a refugee due to civil war in his home country. [2]

Biography

At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Bezabeh participated in the 10,000 metres with a time of 28:21.63, he did not continue in the series.

Four years later, at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he participated in the Olympic Marathon. He ran a time of 2:25.26, and came in 60th place.

His brother, Alemayehu Bezabeh, is currently a runner representing Spain. [3]

Personal records

EventPerformanceDateLocation
1500 m3:49.991 January 2000
5000 m13:33.2326 February 2000 Sydney
10,000 m27:49.092 January 2002 Inglewood
Marathon2:11.0812 October 2003 Chicago

Achievements

10,000 m

Marathon

Cross country running

References

  1. ↑ Sisay Bezabeh at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
  2. ↑ "Sisay Bezabeh". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Australian Olympic Committee - Sisay Bezabeh
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