Miruts Yifter (Amharic and Tigrinya: ምሩፅ ይፍጠር, affectionately known as "Yifter the Shifter", 15 May 1944 – 22 December 2016) was an Ethiopian long-distance...
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Czechoslovakia's Emil Zátopek (1952) and Russian Vladimir Kuts (1956). After them, Miruts Yifter (1980) and Kenenisa Bekele (2008), both from Ethiopia, and Mo Farah...
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– Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia Mikael Sehul – Ras of Ethiopia Miruts Yifter – athlete who won two gold medals in the 1980 Moscow Olympics Ras Alula...
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1973: Tracy Smith 1974: Dick Tayler (NZL) * (2) Frank Shorter 1975: Miruts Yifter (ETH) * (3) Pat Mandera 1976–8: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN) 1979: Marty Liquori...
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the lead, slowing the pace in order to conserve his famous team mate Miruts Yifter's final kick power. Kedir led the twelve-man group at 2,000 metres in...
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(1952), Vladimir Kuts (1956), Lasse Virén (twice, in 1972 and 1976) and Miruts Yifter (1980). Kenenisa Bekele won two gold medals at the 2009 World Championships...
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finished eleventh, almost 40 seconds behind the winner, Ethiopia's Miruts Yifter. In 2010, he was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame. Brendan...
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Belgium Miruts Yifter Ethiopia 1976 Montreal details Lasse Virén Finland Carlos Lopes Portugal Brendan Foster Great Britain 1980 Moscow details Miruts Yifter...
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that, Kedir moved out to the second lane to let his teammate Miruts Yifter pass him, Yifter did and sprinted past Coghlan. Moments after moving to the second...
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Boards" = Eamonn Coghlan, middle- and long-distance runner "Yifter the Shifter" = Miruts Yifter, long-distance runner "Flying Finn" = Hannes Kolehmainen...
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