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Zersenay Tadese

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Zersenay Tadese Habtesilase[nb] (Tigrinya: ዘርእሰናይ ታደሰ; born 8 February 1982) is a retired Eritrean long-distance track and road running athlete. He held the men's half marathon world record from 2010 to 2018. His bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics made him the first ever Eritrean Olympic medallist, and his 20-km title at the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships also made him the country's first athlete to win at a world championship event. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zersenay Tadese has received more than 282,339 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Zersenay Tadese is the 2,869th most popular athlete (down from 1,920th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Eritrea and the most popular Eritrean Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Zersenay Tadese ranks 2,869 out of 6,025. Before him are Tapio Sipilä, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Harvey Glance, Colin Jackson, Robert Hedin, and Artur Partyka. After him are Violeta Szekely, Eduard Hämäläinen, Vivian Cheruiyot, Anne Elvebakk, Taoufik Makhloufi, and Angelo Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Zersenay Tadese ranks 453. Before him are A'ala Hubail, Andreas Hinkel, Keri Hilson, Ilhan Omar, Natalya Neidhart, and Sofia Jannok. After him are Tyron Woodley, Joanna Newsom, Aya Cash, Dascha Polanco, Olga Fonda, and Mickaël Piétrus.

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In Eritrea

Among people born in Eritrea, Zersenay Tadese ranks 7 out of 13. Before him are Isaias Afwerki (1946), Tedros Adhanom (1965), Remo Girone (1948), Aman Andom (1924), Zeudi Araya (1951), and Gianfranco Rosi (1963). After him are Daniel Teklehaimanot (1988), Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (1995), Biniam Girmay (2000), Merhawi Kudus (1994), Meb Keflezighi (1975), and Natnael Berhane (1991).

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Among ATHLETES In Eritrea

Among athletes born in Eritrea, Zersenay Tadese ranks 1. After him are Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (1995), Meb Keflezighi (1975), Yemane Haileselassie (null), Amanal Petros (1995), Eyob Faniel (1992), Tadesse Abraham (1982), Lázaro Martínez (null), Meraf Bahta (1989), Luna Solomon (1994), Gretchen Ortiz (1986), and Dzmitry Natynchyk (1993).

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