Miruts Yifter
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Key facts
- Native name
- ምሩፅ ይፍጠር
- Nationality
- Ethiopian
- Born
- ( 1944-05-15 ) 15 May 1944, Zalambessa , Tigray Province , Ethiopian Empire
- Died
- 22 December 2016 (2016-12-22) (aged 72) , Toronto , Ontario , Canada
- Sport
- Track
- Event s
- 5000 m , 10,000 m
- Personal best s
- 5000 m : 13:13.82 , 10,000 m : 27:40.96
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ethiopia
- Place of birth
- Adigrat
- Place of death
- Toronto
- Occupation
- long-distance runner
- Languages spoken
- Amharic
- Participant in
- 1972 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Ethiopia
- Mass
- 53
- Image
- RIAN archive 585168 5,000m race.jpg
- Height
- 162
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- Commons category
- Miruts Yifter
- date of birth
- 1944-05-15
- sports discipline competed in
- long-distance running
- date of death
- 2016-12-22
- cause of death
- cardiovascular disease
- nickname
- Yifter the Shifter
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Miruts Yifter (Amharic and Tigrinya: ምሩፅ ይፍጠር, 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, though there is some uncertainty about this. His name is also sometimes spelled as Muruse Yefter.
Early life
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