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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 147,325 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Miruts Yifter is the 301st most popular athlete (down from 122nd in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ethiopian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Miruts Yifter ranks 301 out of 3,059Before him are Henry Carr, Nam Sung-yong, Jean Shiley, John Kuck, Jaan Kikkas, and Maria Itkina. After him are Hallgeir Brenden, Julius Saaristo, Glenn Davis, Charles Winckler, Zoltán Horváth, and Sara Simeoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Miruts Yifter ranks 363Before him are Bo Larsson, Polycarp Pengo, Roberto Miranda, Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Abdul Qadir, and Ján Čarnogurský. After him are Haruhiko Kuroda, Roger Rees, Jean-Pierre Ricard, Sharmila Tagore, Pierre Bachelet, and Denny Laine. Among people deceased in 2016, Miruts Yifter ranks 266Before him are Paul Bley, Phyllis Schlafly, Edmonde Charles-Roux, Aurèle Nicolet, Arnold Wesker, and Manuel Velázquez. After him are David Margulies, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Merle Haggard, Slobodan Santrač, Janet Reno, and Bülent Eken.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Miruts Yifter ranks 30 out of 89Before him are Zara Yaqob (1399), Mulatu Astatke (1943), Negasso Gidada (1943), Wilfred Thesiger (1910), Dawit II (1496), and Kenenisa Bekele (1982). After him are Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953), Malik Ambar (1548), Ezana of Axum (325), Tafari Benti (1921), Mara Takla Haymanot (900), and Hailemariam Desalegn (1965).

Among ATHLETES In Ethiopia

Among athletes born in Ethiopia, Miruts Yifter ranks 5Before him are Abebe Bikila (1932), Haile Gebrselassie (1973), Mamo Wolde (1932), and Kenenisa Bekele (1982). After him are Sifan Hassan (1993), Tirunesh Dibaba (1985), Derartu Tulu (1972), Addis Abebe (1970), Eshetu Tura (1950), Genzebe Dibaba (1991), and Fatuma Roba (1973).