Mamo wolde biography books

Pages: Excerpt: Haile Gebrselassie Amharic: , hayl gebre silass; born, is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. The outings turned into social events, with passers-by congratulating him on his release. Sadly, the court sentence had deprived Wolde of his pension as a former captain and he hoped to resume coaching activities in order to support himself and his family.

Thankfully, he had not been forgotten by the athletic community. The rest was given by the Ethiopian Olympic Committee. At this point, Wolde excused himself briefly. Upon returning, he offered gifts to his guests—two Olympic pins from and In consideration of their sentimental value, we tried to refuse them, to no avail. Wolde had already hosted us in a cordial manner, and his generosity bore further testimony to the quality of the man.

He carried a pin on his lapel, too, and on close scrutiny it turned out to be from the Olympic Games. Had Osman, who had participated in the Rome Games in the meters, been a last-minute substitute for Mamo Wolde? He lost at the trials to me and was left behind. The crisis in Congo had nothing to do with it! Whose version is correct? Even in the issue of the Rome Olympics, eyewitnesses are few and far between.

The years have ways of playing tricks on the memory. It will be understood that this statement applies to the citizen Mamo Wolde as opposed to the Olympic champion. As an athlete Wolde made very few errors of judgment, and any other mistakes of his will now be settled in a court house that is even above the Ethiopian Supreme Court. If only life were as easy and simple as running a marathon.

How to Plan Your Race Schedule. He later served as a peacekeeper in Korea from to In , Degaga was arrested on the accusation that he participated in a Red Terror execution during the regime of the dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam. Therefore, he was released because he had spent nine years in detention already waiting for his trial. On 26 May , Degaga died of liver cancer at age 69, just a few months after his release.

Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item. Ethiopian marathon runner — This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Degaga, and not as Wolde.

Mamo wolde biography books

Medal record. Early life [ edit ]. Athletics career [ edit ]. Military career [ edit ]. He maintained the lead until almost the end whence he was overtaken by Naphtaly Temo of Kenya. Mamo won his first Silver Olympic medal. One day before the marathon race, the team trainer Negussie Roba approached Mamo and informed him that the legendary Abebe may not be able to finish the marathon race due to bad health.

The next day, October 20, 72 athletes from 44 countries started the long anticipated race. Abebe later dropped out of the race at the th Km after leading for the whole duration. Solomon Tessema, a legendary Sports journalist, was on one of the cars assigned for journalists and was furiously waving the national tri-color and encouraging Mamo with songs and words to complete the race with victory.