His win in 1993 was however his most infamous as he accidentally stepped on the heel of Moses Tanui's shoe at the bell, causing it to fly off his foot. The following year, in 1993, Haile won the first of what would eventually be four consecutive world championships titles in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1999 World Championships. In 1992, Haile gained international recognition in Seoul, South Korea, when he won the 5000-metre and 10,000-metre races at the 1992 World Junior Championships and a silver medal in the junior race at the World Cross Country Championships held in Boston, the United States. This led to a distinctive running posture, with his left arm crooked as if he was still holding his school books. As a child growing up on a farm he used to run ten kilometres to school every morning, and the same back every evening. Haile was born as one of ten children in Asella, Ethiopia. In 2021, in the midst of the Tigray War, he pledged to join the fighting against the Tigray People's Liberation Front. Haile's hotels and resort were burned and 400 employees lost their jobs. During the Hachalu Hundessa riots in 2020, Oromo mobs targeted the businesses and properties of non-Oromos. Haile was cited as one of the top 100 most influential Africans by New African in 2011.
Haile's 10,000 m Masters age group world record has not been challenged since 2008. He won the 2008 Berlin Marathon with a world record time of 2:03:59, breaking his own world record by 27 seconds. He broke 61 Ethiopian national records ranging from 800 metres to the marathon, set 27 world records, and is regarded as one of the greatest distance runners in history. Haile had major competition wins at distances between 1500 metres and the marathon, moving from outdoor, indoor and cross country running to road running in the latter part of his career. Further to this, he earned four world titles indoors and was the 2001 World Half Marathon Champion. Haile triumphed in the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon.
He won two Olympic gold medals and four World Championship titles over the 10,000 metres. Haile Gebrselassie ( Amharic: ኀይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ, romanized: Haylē Gebre Silassē born 18 April 1973) is an Ethiopian former long-distance track, road running athlete, and businessman.
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