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Million Wolde

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Million Wolde (Amharic: ሚሊዮን ወልዴ; born March 17, 1979) is an Ethiopian athlete and winner of the 5,000 metres race at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the age of seventeen, Million Wolde competed in the 1996 World Junior Championships in Sydney, finishing sixth in the 3,000 m steeplechase. At the next World Junior Championships, at Annecy, France in 1998, he won the 5,000 m. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Million Wolde has received more than 37,358 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Million Wolde is the 4,015th most popular athlete (down from 3,018th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 62nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Ethiopian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Million Wolde ranks 4,015 out of 6,025Before him are Dmitri Yaroshenko, Xu Lili, Tanja Frieden, Damir Martin, Georgi Georgiev, and Alina Rotaru-Kottmann. After him are Snježana Pejčić, Jan Řehula, Verena Sailer, Marija Šestak, Gabriel Esparza, and Sarah Robles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Million Wolde ranks 980Before him are Mindaugas Mizgaitis, Jean-René Lisnard, Masahiro Akimoto, Michael Gruber, Kai Mykkänen, and Teruki Tabata. After him are Stjepan Jukić, Takahiro Kawamura, Virginie Dedieu, Marija Šestak, Jaci Velasquez, and Peter Wisgerhof.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Million Wolde ranks 79 out of 105Before him are Letesenbet Gidey (1998), Meseret Defar (1983), Tesfaye Tola (1974), Lamecha Girma (2000), Sileshi Sihine (1983), and Getaneh Kebede (1992). After him are Selemon Barega (2000), Saladin Said (1988), Tiki Gelana (1987), Mohammed Aman (1994), Tsegaye Kebede (1987), and Tigst Assefa (1996).

Among ATHLETES In Ethiopia

Among athletes born in Ethiopia, Million Wolde ranks 29Before him are Ejegayehu Dibaba (1982), Letesenbet Gidey (1998), Meseret Defar (1983), Tesfaye Tola (1974), Lamecha Girma (2000), and Sileshi Sihine (1983). After him are Selemon Barega (2000), Tiki Gelana (1987), Mohammed Aman (1994), Tsegaye Kebede (1987), Tigst Assefa (1996), and Gudaf Tsegay (1997).