Chala Kelele (born 7 October 1966) is a retired

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

n runner who specialized in

cross-country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open coun ...

. He represented Ethiopia at six editions of the

IAAF World Cross Country Championships World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the Int ...

, as well as the

1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships The 3rd IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on September 24, 1994, in Oslo, Norway. A total of 214 athletes, 127 men and 87 women, from 48 countries took part. Complete results were published. Medallists Race Results Men's Wome ...

and in the IAAF World Road Relay Championships.

International competitions

References

1966 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 All-Africa Games Ethiopian male cross country runners 20th-century Ethiopian people 21st-century Ethiopian people {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub