In the run-up to the Olympic Games in Athens, during a 10-day period, Bekele broke Gebrselassie's world records in both the 10,000m and the 5,000m. At the 2003 World Championships of Athletics, Bekele won the 10,000m and finished third in the 5,000m. Bekele retained both titles in 2003 and again in 2004. Considering his accomplishments in cross country, track, and road racing, many consider him to be the greatest distance runner of all time.After setting a world junior record for the 3,000m in 2001, Bekele achieved his first senior success at the 2002 World Cross Country Championships in Dublin, where he became the first man to win the long and short races at the same championships. On 29 September 2019, he again won the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:01:41, two seconds slower than the world record of 2:01:39 set by Eliud Kipchoge in the 2018 Berlin Marathon. On 25 September 2016, Kenenisa won the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:03:03, a new personal best, then the third-fastest marathon of all time. On 6 April 2014, he produced the sixth fastest marathon debut ever on a record-eligible course with his victory at the Paris Marathon, in a course record time of 2:05:04. He also won the 3000 metres title at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. Over 5000 m he has also won an Olympic silver (2004), World Championship bronze (2003), two African Championship titles and one All-Africa Games gold medal. Kenenisa was unbeaten over 10,000 m from his debut in 2003 until 2011, when he failed to finish at the World Championships final.Īt the 2009 World Championships in Athletics he became the first man to win both 5000 m and 10,000 m title at the same championships. He won the 10,000 m title at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003, 2005, 20 (matching Haile Gebrselassie's four in a row win streak). He is the most successful runner in the history of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, with six long (12 km) course and five short (4 km) course titles. At the 2004 Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 10,000 m and the silver medal in the 5000 m. He won the gold medal in both the 5000 m and 10,000 m events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Kenenisa Bekele (Oromo: Qananiisaa baqqalaa Amharic: ቀነኒሳ በቀለ born 13 June 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and was the world record holder in both the 5000-metre and 10000-metre from 2004 (5,000m) and 2005 (10,000m) until 2020.
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