Kassa Balcha (born 5 December 1955) 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 ...

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. At the 1985 World Cross Country Championships Balcha finished your in the long race. This was good enough to help Ethiopia win a gold medal in the team competition.

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1955 births Ethiopian male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Living people Ethiopian male cross country runners Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub