Abebe Bikila, the legendary Ethiopian distance runner, won the first of two Olympic Marathons (at the 1960 Rome Games) barefooted.
He won again at the '64 Tokyo Games with shoes on!
Abebe Bikila.
Abeba Biliki. Ethiopia
Yes
Yes.Anyone can become an Olympic athlete.But he have to join in Olympic and win.
Jim Thorpe
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.
Shaun White
Jim Thorpe
jim thorpe
Abebe Bikila from Ethiopia.
No. As of the 2008 Games, no athlete from Malta has ever won an Olympic medal.
Brittany Ann Mickelson