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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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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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meters and set a U.S.
record of 13:15.1
while finishing second to
Miruts Yifter in the
inaugural World Cup. On May 16, 1971,
Liquori lowered his personal...
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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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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...
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Tracy Smith 1974: **** Tayler (NZL),
Frank Shorter (2nd) 1975: Miruts
Yifter (ETH), Pat
Manders (3rd) 1976: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN), Greg Fredericks...
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Zealand Klaus-Peter
Hildenbrand West
Germany 1980
Moscow details Miruts Yifter Ethiopia
Suleiman Nyambui Tanzania
Kaarlo Maaninka Finland 1984 Los Angeles...
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Miruts Yifter Ethiopia 1976
Montreal details L****e Virén Finland
Carlos Lopes Portugal
Brendan Foster Great
Britain 1980
Moscow details Miruts Yifter Ethiopia...
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Flagbearer for Ethiopia
Turin 2006 Succeeded by
Miruts Yifter Olympic Games Preceded by
Miruts Yifter Flagbearer for Ethiopia
Vancouver 2010 Succeeded by...
