Haile Gebrselassie : the greatest runner of all time / Klaus Weidt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weidt, Klaus.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Athletes--Biography.

Athletes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Place of Publication:

Auckland, N.Z. : Meyer & Meyer Sport, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The author of this book has been meeting up with the world's best marathon runner since 2005, following his world record runs first hand and visiting him several times in Addis Ababa. He has traced his background, traveled the length and breadth of the African highlands, unearthed interesting Ethiopian running stories and with Haile Gebrselassie's help, got a school project in a remote village off the ground. We discover the life story of a wonder runner from his childhood onwards, we relive his two Olympic 10K victories as well as his Berlin Marathon world records. The life story of this exc

Contents:

Cover; Half title page; Title page; Dedication; Copyright page; Contents; 1 In Search of Haile; 2 From the Arsi Highlands to the World of Running; 3 Three-time Olympian: Atlanta, Sydney, Athens; 4 Of running Encounters; 5 From Marathon to Marathon; 6 More Searching; 7 Milestones (Statistics); 8 Last Leg; Photo Credits

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 10, 2016).

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed June 18, 2013).

"Original title: Haile Gebrselassie - Auf den Spuren einer Lauflegende"--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

1-84126-728-7

1-283-26932-5

9786613269324

1-84126-718-X