Mohamed Kedir (

Amharic Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all oth ...

: ሞሐመድ ከድር; born September 18, 1954) is a former

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from

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, who won the

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in men's

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at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. In the

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final, Kedir still led with 300 metres to go, then

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's Eamonn Coghlan passed him. Shortly after that, Kedir moved out to the second lane to let his teammate

Miruts Yifter Miruts Yifter (, affectionately known as "Yifter the Shifter", 15 May 1944 – 22 December 2016) was an Ethiopian long-distance runner and winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. His date of birth is often given as 15 May 1944, th ...

pass him, which Yifter did and sprinted past Coghlan. Moments after moving to the second lane, Kedir fell - apparently because he collided with another Ethiopian runner,

Yohannes Mohamed Yohannes Mohammed ( am, ዮሐንስ መሐመድ; born 21 January 1948) is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Ол� ...

. Having lost his rhythm, Kedir finished in 12th and last place. (See YouTube, 1980 Olympics 5000 metres).
Kedir won men's long-distance cross country World Championship in 1982 (see below). His last major international race occurred in

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, at the 1983 inaugural World Athletics Championships. There he finished ninth at 10,000 metres. (See, for example, the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation YLE's Living Archives / Elävä arkisto, links: Urheilu / Sports, Yleisurheilu / Athletics, MM-kisat / World Championships, MM-kisat 1983 / World Championships 1983, Suomalaiset lähellä huippua / Finns Near the Top).

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* * 1954 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Ethiopia Olympic bronze medalists for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics World Athletics Cross Country Championships winners World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists for Ethiopia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 All-Africa Games 20th-century Ethiopian people 21st-century Ethiopian people {{Africa-Olympic-medalist-stub