Demissie Wolde
Demissie Wolde (born 8 March 1937) is an Ethiopian former marathon runner. He won the Košice Peace Marathon in 1969 in 2:15:37.[1] He also competed in the 1964 Olympic marathon, having qualified by running 2:19:30 on 3 August for the 3rd place, in the Ethiopian Olympic trials, a race held at 8,000 feet. After being among the leaders for much of the 1964 Olympic race, he finished tenth in 2:21:25.2.[2] At the 1972 Summer Olympics, he placed 18th in 2:20:44.0 in the marathon. He is the younger brother of Mamo Wolde who dropped out of the race in 1964, won the Olympic Marathon in 1968, and who finished 3rd in 1972.[3]
References
- ^ Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2009-05-02). "World Marathon Rankings for 1969". Retrieved 2009-10-14.
- ^ The Olympic Marathon, Human Kinetics, David E. Martin, Roger W. H. Gynn, 2000. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
- ^ Sports Reference LLC. "Demissie Wolde Biography and Olympic Results". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
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- 1965: Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL)
- 1966: Gyula Tóth (HUN)
- 1967: Nedo Farčić (YUG)
- 1968: Václav Chudomel (TCH)
- 1969: Demissie Wolde (ETH)
- 1970: Mikhail Gorelov (URS)
- 1971: Gyula Tóth (HUN)
- 1972: John Farrington (AUS)
- 1973: Vladimir Moyseyev (URS)
- 1974: Keith Angus (GBR)
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- 1981: Hans-Joachim Truppel (GDR)
- 1982: György Sinkó (HUN)
- 1983: František Višnický (TCH)
- 1984: Ri Dong Myong (PRK)
- 1985: Valentin Starikov (URS)
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- 2003: Grigoriy Andreyev (RUS)
- 2004: Adam Dobrzyński (POL)
- 2005: David Maiyo (KEN)
- 2006: Edwin Kipchom (KEN)
- 2007: William Biama (KEN)
- 2008: Dejene Yirdaw (ETH)
- 2009: Jacob Kipkorir Chesire (KEN)
- 2010: Gilbert Chepkwony (KEN)
- 2011: Elijah Kemboi (KEN)
- 2012: Lawrence Kimaiyo (KEN)
- 2013: Patrick Korir (KEN)
- 2014: Gilbert Chepkwony (KEN)
- 2015: Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei (KEN)
- 2016: David Kemboi Kiyeng (KEN)
- 2017: Reuben Kerio (KEN)
- 2018: Raymond Choge (KEN)
- 2019: Hillary Kipsambu (KEN)
- 2020: Marek Hladík (SVK)
- 2021: Reuben Kerio (KEN)
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