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PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of birth:	18 Apr 1973
Gender:	Male
Height:	164 cm / 5'5"
Weight:	55 kgs / 121 lbs
Birth place:	Arssi (Ethiopia)
Residence:	Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

SPORTING PROFILE
Personal bests:	26:22.750
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Coach:	Waldemeskel KOSTRE
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GENERAL INTEREST
Major achievements:	1st - 10000m - World Championships - Athens, Greece - 1999 1st - 10000m - 27:57.27 - World Championships - Seville, Spain - 1999 1st - 10000m - Olympic Games - Atlanta, 1996 1st - 10000m - 27:12.95 - World Championships - Gothenburg, Germany - 1995 1st - 10000m - World Championships - Stuttgart, Germany - 1993 2nd - 5000m - World Championships - Stuttgart, Germany - 1993
Highlights:	Reigning Olympic champion. Four-time World champion. Set 15 world records from 2000 to 10,000 indoors and out since 94. Unbeaten at 10,000m since June 1993. First man since Henry RONO in 78 to hold both 5000 and 10,000 records. First to run both sub-13 5000 and sub-27 10,000. Film of his life 'Endurance' released in 99. May run marathons after 2000. Achilles injury in December 99 has restricted his racing in 2000.
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Major injuries:	A sore Achilles tendon caused GEBRESELASSIE to miss the indoor season and he has raced only twice in the 5000m.
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Sporting relatives:	GEBRESELASSIE'S brother, Tekeye, was 13th in the 1991 World Cup London Marathon.
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Major awards:	Has set 15 world records, both in indoors and outdoors, and has been unbeaten at 10000m since 1993. Haile has won four consecutive world titles in the 10000m dating back to 1993.
General interests:	His name is pronounced High-leh GEH-BRUG-SUH-LAH-SEE. He stars in the movie Endurance, a Walt Disney production, where he stars as himself. GEBRESELASSIE ran 10km to school every day from the mud hut where he and nine brothers and sisters lived. In February 1999 GEBRESELASSIE set his 15th world record. In 1999 GEBRESELASSIE won all 15 finals from 1500m to 10000m. GEBRESELASSIE is one of 10 children, elder brother Tekeye is an international class marathon runner, younger brother Belay is also promising runner