ATHLETE

Miruts Yifter

1944 - 2016

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Miruts Yifter (Amharic and Tigrinya: ምሩፅ ይፍጠር, affectionately known as "Yifter the Shifter", 15 May 1944 – 22 December 2016) was an Ethiopian long-distance runner and winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. His date of birth is often given as 15 May 1944, though there is some uncertainty about this. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miruts Yifter has received more than 161,974 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Miruts Yifter is the 255th most popular athlete (up from 301st in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 30th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Ethiopian Athlete.

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Miruts Yifter ranks 255 out of 6,025. Before him are Inessa Kravets, Francis Lane, Jonathan Edwards, Marlies Göhr, Volmari Iso-Hollo, and K. D. Jadhav. After him are Evelyne Hall, Nadezhda Chizhova, Juhani Suutarinen, Donald Lippincott, Gert Fredriksson, and Miklós Németh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Miruts Yifter ranks 356. Before him are Annette Lu, Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, John McCook, Yusuf Estes, Muhammad az-Zanati, and José Eulogio Gárate. After him are Carlos Pachamé, Daniel Duval, William Christie, Jan de Vries, Kićo Slabinac, and John Flanagan. Among people deceased in 2016, Miruts Yifter ranks 237. Before him are Steven Hill, William H. McNeill, Nate Thurmond, Zoltán Kocsis, Kigeli V of Rwanda, and Alphons Egli. After him are Nicole Courcel, Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores, Vladica Kovačević, Harald Grønningen, Laura Mancinelli, and Luis María Echeberría.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Miruts Yifter ranks 31 out of 105. Before him are Yohannes IV (1837), Negasso Gidada (1943), Wilfred Thesiger (1910), Gudit (950), Mulatu Astatke (1943), and Zara Yaqob (1399). After him are Dawit II (1496), Fasilides (1603), Kenenisa Bekele (1982), Genesius of Rome (250), Mara Takla Haymanot (900), and Ezana of Axum (325).

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Among ATHLETES In Ethiopia

Among athletes born in Ethiopia, Miruts Yifter ranks 4. Before him are Abebe Bikila (1932), Haile Gebrselassie (1973), and Mamo Wolde (1932). After him are Kenenisa Bekele (1982), Derartu Tulu (1972), Tirunesh Dibaba (1985), Sifan Hassan (1993), Berhane Adere (1973), Addis Abebe (1970), Eshetu Tura (1950), and Fatuma Roba (1973).

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