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Who is the only athlete to win the olympic marathon twice and in successive olympic games?
Abebe Bikila
Who was the only athlete to win the Olympic marathon twice and in successive Olympic games?
Abebe Bikila.
Who is the the only athlete to win the Olympic marathon twice and in successive Olympic games?
Abeba Biliki. Ethiopia
Did frank shorter win the Olympic marathon?
Yes
What Olympic athlete won the Olympic Marathon in bare feet?
That was Ethiopian Abebe Bikila at the 1960 Games in Rome. He set an Olympic record time of 2:15:16.2 and became the first African to win an Olympic gold medal. Bikila also won the marathon at the 1964 Games but wore shoes in that race.
Can anyone become an Olympic athlete?
Yes.Anyone can become an Olympic athlete.But he have to join in Olympic and win.
Who is the oldest person to win olympic marathon?
carlos lopez
Who is the athlete to win the olympic marothon barefoot?
abebe bikiia
Who is the only athlete to win the olympic marathon twice and in successive olympic game?
Actually, that has happened twice. Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won gold in the marathon at the 1960 Games in Rome and 1964 Games in Tokyo and Waldemar Cierpinski of East Germany won gold in the marathon at the 1976 Games in Montreal and 1980 Games in Moscow.
Who was the first ever athlete to win an olympic gold medal?
the american athlete James B.Connolly 1896
Who was the youngest athlete to win an Olympic Gold Medal?
Shaun White
Who was the first African to win a gold medal in a marathon?
Kenneth McArthur was the first athlete representing an African nation (South Africa) to win the men's marathon. This was at the 1912 Games in Stockholm. McArthur was born in Northern Ireland. The first African born athlete to win the marathon was Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia at the 1960 Games in Rome.
