Ethiopia first participated in the Olympic Games in 1956 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games, except for the 1976, 1984, and 1988 Games. Ethiopia also participated in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 2006 Games in Turin.
Ethiopian athletes have won a total of 58 medals, all long-distance events in athletics.
Ethiopia's participation in the Olympic s is organized by the Ethiopian Olympic Committee, founded in 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1954.
Ethiopia has enjoyed a rich tradition of producing some of the world's fastest distance runners over the past decades. The country has had a healthy rivalry with East African neighbors Kenya and this has spurred each nation to achieve quicker times on both track and road.
When Kenenisa Bekele broke his own 10,000m World Record in Brussels in August 2005 at the Golden League meeting, it was one of the performances that will stick in the memories of all those present for many years. His 26:17.53 winning time has not been approached by anyone ever since. In fact, the closest any runner has come since was Micah Kogo's 26:35.63 - a full 18 seconds adrift of Kenenisa's mark.
Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele can rightly claim to be the dominant forces in global distance running over the last decade - particularly on the track, where they hold the all-time fastest times over both 5000m and 10,000m. Meseret Defar is in her racing prime and has been World and Olympic 5000m Champion as well as being in the exclusive sub-30-minute club for the 10,000m having run 29:59.20. Tsegay Kebede epitomizes consistency in the marathon and rarely runs a poor race, always being around the 2:05 - 2:06 mark. Tirunesh Dibaba won double gold in Beijing over 5000m/10,000m and is one of the world's greatest distance runners in history, holding the current 5000m World Record at a staggering 14:11.15. She took Olympic gold over 10,000m at the 2012 Olympics
Abebe Bikila was the star of marathon running during the 1960s, winning gold at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and setting a World Record at the latter Games (2:12:11).
The organization was formed on 4 June 1961. The ability of East African athletes was announced to the world in the 1960 Olympics as barefooted Abebe Bikila took the gold medal in the Marathon. Bikila repeated in 1964 and the floodgates were opened. Ethiopia has captured 45 Olympic medals, all of them in long-distance running through 2012, despite participating in three Olympic boycotts. The organization is also responsible for selecting representatives for other world championship events.
In November 2016, former Olympic gold medalist and Ethiopian long-distance running great Haile Gebrselassie were elected president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation.[2] On 14 November 2018, Double Olympic champion, Derartu Tulu succeeded Haile Gebrselassie as president of EAF
Source : World Olympic Athletics
- Kenenisa Bekele
- Tirunesh Dibaba
- Meseret Defar
- Miruts Yifter
- Derartu Tulu
- Haile Gebrselassie
- Abebe Bikila
- Mamo Wolde
- Almaz Ayana
- Gezahgne Abera
- Tiki Gelana
- Selemon Barega
- Millon Wolde
- Fatuma Roba
- Sileshi Sihine
- Gete Wami
- Dejen Gebremeskel
- Feyisa Lilesa
- Ejegayehu Dibaba
- Genzebe Dibaba
- Sofia Assefa
- Lamecha Girma
- Tamirat Tola
- Tesfaye Tola
- Mohammed Kedir
- Gudaf Tsegay
- Hagos Gebrhiwet
- Eshetu Tura
- Mare Dibaba
- Tsegay Kebede
- Letesenbet Gidey
- Assefa Mezgebu
- Addis Abebe
- Abeba Aregawi
- Tariku Bekele
- Fita Bayisa
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