King of Long distance - Kenenisa Bekele

King of Long distance - Kenenisa Bekele

Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in equally the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events. He is the reigning Olympic champion over 5000 metres and two time champion over 10,000 metres and the most talented runner in IAAF World Cross Country Championships  history, with six long (12K) course and five short (4K) course titles.

Bekele was winning over 10,000 m from 2003 until his first loss in 2011, and with his huge array of medals, many think him to be one of the greatest distance runners of all time. He is the older brother of Tariku Bekele, also an skillful distance runner.

Olympic Games
Gold	2004 Athens	10000 m
Gold	2008 Beijing	10000 m
Gold	2008 Beijing	5000 m
Silver	2004 Athens	5000 m
World Championships
Gold	2003 Paris	10000 m
Gold	2005 Helsinki	10000 m
Gold	2007 Osaka	10000 m
Gold	2009 Berlin	5000 m
Gold	2009 Berlin	10000 m
Bronze	2003 Paris	5000 m
World Indoor Championships
Gold	2006 Moscow	3000 m
African Championships
Gold	2006 Bambous	5000 m
Gold	2008 Addis Ababa	5000 m
All-Africa Games
Gold	2003 Abuja	5000 m

Kenenisa has faced his adviser Haile Gebrselassie once in road contest, once in cross country, and six times on the track. Haile defeated Kenenisa on the track in the 2000 Nurnberg 5000 metres, the 2001 Great Ethiopian Run 10 km, and the Cross de l'Acier in December 2001, but lost to Kenenisa in Hengelo 2003 over 10,000 m (26:53 to 26:54), Rome 2003 over 5000 m (12:57 to 13:00), Paris 2003 World Championships over 10,000 m (26:49 to 26:50), Athens 2004 Olympic Games (27:05 to 27:27), and in the 10,000 m in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (27:01 to 27:06).