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Abebe Bikila
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How Did Abebe Bikila Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 41
Also known asShambel Abebe Bikila, ሻምበል አበበ ቢቂላGenderMaleNationalityEthiopiaBorn07/08/1932Born inJato, EthiopiaDied25/10/1973 (aged 41)Died inAddis AbabaCausecerebral hemorrhageWikidataQ52596 ↗Buried atEthiopiaTMDb#143023 ↗

Shambel Abebe Bikila was an Ethiopian marathon runner who was a back-to-back Olympic marathon champion. He was the first Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist, winning his first gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome while running barefoot. At the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, he won his second gold medal, making him the first athlete to successfully defend an Olympic marathon title. In both victories, he ran in world record time.

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Filmography5 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
20101960MovieSelf (archive footage)78
2009The AthleteMovieHimself (archive footage)77
1976Marathon ManMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)44
1965Tokyo OlympiadMovieSelf33
1963Der Sport-SpiegelSeriesSelf31