Bikila: Ethiopia's Barefoot Olympian by Tim Judah

Bikila: Ethiopia's Barefoot Olympian

Tim Judah

175 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

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On September 10, 1960, Abebe Bikila, an Ethiopian, stunned the world when he won the Rome Olympic marathon running barefoot. He was the first black African to win a gold medal at the Olympics and overnight became a sporting hero, an African hero, ...

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