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Belayneh Densamo (born 28 June 1965) is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner, and a long-period world record holder for the marathon discipline. He held Marathon world record progression, the world record for 10 years (1988-1998).
Belayneh Densamo
. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2 February 2015. Densamo's world record fell to Ronaldo da Costa at the Berlin Marathon in 1998. As of 2009, Belayneh lives in the area of Cambridge, Massachusetts and has retired from international competition.
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1965 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male marathon runners Olympic athletes of Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World record setters in athletics (track and field) African Games gold medalists for Ethiopia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Olympic male marathon runners 20th-century Ethiopian people {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub
Belayneh Densamo (born 28 June 1965) is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner, and a long-period world record holder for the marathon discipline. He held Marathon world record progression, the world record for 10 years (1988-1998).
Early life
Belayneh was born in Diramo Afarrara in Sidamo Province, Sidamo, the southernmost province, and began first competing professionally at national level.Career
Densamo broke the world record by 22 seconds with a time of 2:06:50 at the 1988 Rotterdam Marathon, following three previous wins at major marathons 1986–1987. This record lasted the third-longest span ever recorded (and since the event was first professionally organized at the 1896 Olympics). ;Last victories Densamo won two major international marathons in 1989 and in 1990. He was not among the three Ethiopian men who entered the Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon, marathon in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He represented Ethiopia at the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as the world record holder in the relatively humid summer Atlanta, Georgia conditions and was among 13 of a field of 130 who did not finish.. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2 February 2015. Densamo's world record fell to Ronaldo da Costa at the Berlin Marathon in 1998. As of 2009, Belayneh lives in the area of Cambridge, Massachusetts and has retired from international competition.
Achievements
*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwiseReferences
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1965 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male marathon runners Olympic athletes of Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World record setters in athletics (track and field) African Games gold medalists for Ethiopia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Olympic male marathon runners 20th-century Ethiopian people {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub