- Sileshi Sihine
Sileshi Sihine (born
January 29 ,1983 inSheno ) is anEthiopia n long-distance athlete.He achieved a
silver medal in the10,000 m at the2004 Athens Olympics and the2008 Beijing Olympics as well as at the2005 World Championships and2007 World Championships as well as a bronze in 2003. He also picked up asilver medal in the 5000 m at the2005 World Championships .History
He began running at school, inspired by the achievements of his compatriot
Haile Gebrselassie , and after success at junior level, he emerged as a leading senior athlete in 2003.He was one of the three Ethiopians, along with
Kenenisa Bekele andHaile Gebrselassie who swept the gold, silver, bronze medals in the 10000m of 2003 World Championships.He won a
silver medal in the 10000 m at the 2004 Athens Olympics, behind his compatriotKenenisa Bekele . [ 2004 Athens Olympics [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/athletics/3584572.stm Brilliant Bekele takes gold] - BBC] [ 2004 Athens Olympics [http://www.iaaf.org/OLY04/news/Kind=2/newsId=26998.html Haile farewell] - IAAF] [ 2004 Athens Olympics YouTube video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-DecuiAZyM Men's 10000m] ]He won the
silver medal in the 10000 m behindKenenisa Bekele and the silver medal in the 5000m at the 2005 World Championships.He was 3rd in the 2004 World Cross Country Championships and 2nd behind
Kenenisa Bekele in 2006 World Cross Country Championships. [ [http://sports123.com/ath/mwcc-c.html World Cross Country Championships] - sports123.com]At the 2007 World Championships he took the silver medal in the 10000 m, again finishing behind Bekele.
Yet again, Sihine earned a silver medal behind his countryman Bekele at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Personal life
Sihine is engaged to double Olympic champion athlete
Tirunesh Dibaba .Achievements
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2008 Olympic Games - silver medal (10000 m)
*2007 World Championships in Athletics - silver medal (10000 m)
*2005 World Championships in Athletics - silver medals (5000 m and 10000 m)
*2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - fourth place
*2004 Olympic Games - silver medal (10000 m)
*2nd IAAF World Athletics Final - first place (5000 m)
*2003 World Championships in Athletics - bronze medal (10000 m)
*1st IAAF World Athletics Final - fifth place (5000 m)Personal bests
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3000 m : 7:29.92,28 August 2005 inRieti ,Italy
* 5000 m: 12:47.04,2 July 2004 inRome , Italy
* 10,000 m: 26:39.96,31 May 2005 inHengelo , Netherlands
* 10 km road race: 27:56,21 November 2004 in Nijmegen, Netherlands
* 15 km road race: 41:38,21 November 2004 in Nijmegen, Netherlands
* 20 km road race: 58:09,1 October 2005 inEdmonton ,Canada
*Half marathon : 61:14,1 October 2005 in Edmonton,Canada External links
* [http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/focusOnAfrica/newsId=26787/ IAAF: Sileshi Sihine]
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