Sisay Bezabeh

Sisay Bezabeh

Personal information
Born	(1977-09-09) 9 September 1977 (age 44)
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	10,000 meter run Marathon

Sisay Bezabeh (born 9 September 1977 in Asella, Oromia Region, Ethiopia) is an Australian athlete of Ethiopian descent who specialized in the 10,000 metres and the marathon. He participated in the Olympic Games twice but did not place.

Biography[]

At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney Bezabeh participated in the 10,000 metres with a time of 28:21.63, he did not continue in the series.

Four years later, at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he participated in the Olympic Marathon. He ran a time of 2:25.26, and came in 60th place.

His brother Alemayehu Bezabeh is currently a runner representing Spain.^[1]

Personal records[]

Achievements[]

10,000 m[]

• 2000: 11th in the Olympic series - 28:21.63

Marathon[]

• 2002: 9th 2002 Fukuoka Marathon - 2:16.34
• 2003: 9th 2003 Chicago Marathon - 2:11.08
• 2003: 16th 2003 London Marathon - 2:16.09
• 2004: 60th in the Olympic Games - 2:25.26
• 2005: 5th in the Beppu Oita Marathon - 2:13.14

Cross country running[]

• 2001: 73rd WK to Oostende (long distance) - 43.09
• 2002: 85th WK in Dublin (long distance) - 38.05

References[]

• "Profile of Sisay Bezabeh", All-Athletics.com, 21 April 2015.

External links[]

• IAAF profile for Bezabeh
• Profile of Sisay Bezabeh at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
• Sisay Bezabeh Results at Athletics Australia

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