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Fita Bayisa

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Fita Bayisa (Amharic: ፊጣ ባይሳ; born December 15, 1972, in Ambo, Oromia) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, best known for winning a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. A year earlier, he had won a silver medal at the World Championships in Tokyo. Before the Olympic Games in Barcelona, Bayisa had emerged as the favourite for 10,000 metres, as he had defeated a world-class field at the Bislett Games in Oslo in a time of 27:14.26 min. However, he failed to make an impact on the 10,000 m final, which was won by Khalid Skah. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fita Bayisa is the 3,310th most popular athlete (up from 3,406th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Ethiopia (up from 66th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Ethiopian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Fita Bayisa ranks 3,310 out of 6,025. Before him are Aki Parviainen, Karnam Malleswari, Isabelle Boéri-Bégard, Petra Behle, Anca Tănase, and Marc Burns. After him are Danny Lee, Sophie Dodemont, Francisco Javier Gómez Noya, Mikko Kolehmainen, Olaf Hampel, and Franziska Preuß.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Fita Bayisa ranks 776. Before him are Viktoriya Tolstoganova, Matthew Birir, Alexandra Timoshenko, Mohamed Benouza, Luigi Tarantino, and Gianmarco Pozzecco. After him are Manabu Umezawa, Joey McIntyre, Giovanni Tedesco, Persia White, Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh, and Daniel Šarić.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Fita Bayisa ranks 64 out of 105. Before him are Ruth Negga (1982), Addis Abebe (1970), Fatuma Roba (1973), Elvan Abeylegesse (1982), Tigst Assefa (1996), and Meseret Defar (1983). After him are Berhane Adere (1973), Sofia Assefa (1987), Genzebe Dibaba (1991), Almaz Ayana (1991), Gezahegne Abera (1978), and Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (1980).

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Among ATHLETES In Ethiopia

Among athletes born in Ethiopia, Fita Bayisa ranks 16. Before him are Eshetu Tura (1950), Addis Abebe (1970), Fatuma Roba (1973), Elvan Abeylegesse (1982), Tigst Assefa (1996), and Meseret Defar (1983). After him are Berhane Adere (1973), Sofia Assefa (1987), Genzebe Dibaba (1991), Almaz Ayana (1991), Gezahegne Abera (1978), and Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1984).

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