 | Miruts Yifter (Amharic and Tigrinya: ምሩፅ ይፍጠር, affectionately known as "Yifter the Shifter", 15 May 1944 – 22 December 2016) was an Ethiopian long-distance... 9 KB (540 words) - 03:06, 26 February 2024 |
 | – Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia Mikael Sehul – Ras of Ethiopia Miruts Yifter – athlete who won two gold medals in the 1980 Moscow Olympics Ras Alula... 27 KB (2,850 words) - 10:11, 26 March 2024 |
 | Ethiopian distance-runners include Derartu Tulu, Abebe Bikila, Mamo Wolde, Miruts Yifter, Addis Abebe, Sileshi Sihine, Gebregziabher Gebremariam, Belayneh Densamo... 5 KB (593 words) - 03:30, 4 April 2024 |
 | 1973: Tracy Smith 1974: Dick Tayler (NZL) * (2) Frank Shorter 1975: Miruts Yifter (ETH) * (3) Pat Mandera 1976–8: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN) 1979: Marty Liquori... 19 KB (1,633 words) - 22:42, 2 February 2024 |
 | Czechoslovakia's Emil Zátopek (1952) and Russian Vladimir Kuts (1956). After them, Miruts Yifter (1980) and Kenenisa Bekele (2008), both from Ethiopia, and Mo Farah... 18 KB (1,954 words) - 15:55, 17 March 2024 |
 | achieving the 5000 m/10000 m distance double, last achieved by Ethiopian Miruts Yifter in 1980 Moscow Olympics. El Guerrouj became the first man in 80 years... 27 KB (1,954 words) - 06:24, 9 April 2024 |
that, Kedir moved out to the second lane to let his teammate Miruts Yifter pass him, Yifter did and sprinted past Coghlan. Moments after moving to the second... 3 KB (204 words) - 04:57, 4 February 2024 |
 | Belgium Miruts Yifter Ethiopia 1976 Montreal details Lasse Virén Finland Carlos Lopes Portugal Brendan Foster Great Britain 1980 Moscow details Miruts Yifter... 35 KB (798 words) - 15:21, 9 April 2024 |
Boards" = Eamonn Coghlan, middle- and long-distance runner "Yifter the Shifter" = Miruts Yifter, long-distance runner "Flying Finn" = Hannes Kolehmainen... 131 KB (9,128 words) - 22:19, 15 March 2024 |
 | ARRS 1:03:46 Jose Reveyn Belgium 27 March 1976 The Hague IAAF 1:02:57 Miruts Yifter Ethiopia 6 February 1977 Coamo IAAF IAAF notes unrounded time as 1:02:56... 26 KB (979 words) - 09:10, 23 October 2023 |
Steve Prefontaine, American middle- and long-distance athlete. Miruts Yifter, aka 'Yifter the Shifter', Ethiopian winner of two golds at the 1980 Olympics... 11 KB (1,692 words) - 22:10, 25 March 2024 |
 | 5000 meters and set a U.S. record of 13:15.1 while finishing second to Miruts Yifter in the inaugural World Cup. On May 16, 1971, Liquori lowered his personal... 7 KB (610 words) - 17:40, 25 March 2024 |
 | (1952), Vladimir Kuts (1956), Lasse Virén (twice, in 1972 and 1976) and Miruts Yifter (1980). Kenenisa Bekele won two gold medals at the 2009 World Championships... 64 KB (4,563 words) - 22:22, 2 April 2024 |
the lead, slowing the pace in order to conserve his famous team mate Miruts Yifter's final kick power. Kedir led the twelve-man group at 2,000 metres in... 15 KB (498 words) - 12:17, 28 December 2022 |
 | New Zealand Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand West Germany 1980 Moscow details Miruts Yifter Ethiopia Suleiman Nyambui Tanzania Kaarlo Maaninka Finland 1984 Los... 53 KB (1,344 words) - 17:11, 25 February 2024 |
Belgium Miruts Yifter Ethiopia 1976 Montreal details Lasse Virén Finland Carlos Lopes Portugal Brendan Foster Great Britain 1980 Moscow details Miruts Yifter... 22 KB (663 words) - 11:57, 26 August 2023 |
 | Egziabher, well known environmentalist and brother of Sibhat Gebregziabhier Miruts Yifter, Olympic Runner Gebrehiwot Baykedagn, was an Ethiopian doctor, economist... 97 KB (9,788 words) - 04:22, 16 April 2024 |
 | Belgium Miruts Yifter Ethiopia 1976 Montreal details Lasse Virén Finland Carlos Lopes Portugal Brendan Foster Great Britain 1980 Moscow details Miruts Yifter... 12 KB (729 words) - 17:46, 27 February 2023 |
 | any case, he led the race for only a few seconds before Ethiopia's Miruts Yifter kicked past him on the inside. By contrast, in the 1983 World Championships... 23 KB (2,218 words) - 14:14, 7 November 2023 |
 | 2 women, took part in 26 events in 3 sports. Miruts Yifter — Athletics, Men's 5000 metres Miruts Yifter — Athletics, Men's 10000 metres Mohamed Kedir... 7 KB (619 words) - 01:03, 25 November 2022 |
 | points more than the winning score in Moscow at the time. Ethiopian Miruts Yifter won the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres athletics double, emulating Lasse... 88 KB (6,123 words) - 15:59, 4 February 2024 |
 | provided the wrong Ethiopian national anthem which, when played, offended Miruts Yifter sufficiently that he and his teammates started off towards Newcastle... 80 KB (7,573 words) - 04:17, 25 March 2024 |
 | 1973: Tracy Smith 1974: Dick Tayler (NZL) * (2) Frank Shorter 1975: Miruts Yifter (ETH) * (3) Pat Mandera 1976–8: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN) 1979: Marty Liquori... 19 KB (1,943 words) - 11:02, 14 December 2023 |
 | 1973: Tracy Smith 1974: Dick Tayler (NZL) * (2) Frank Shorter 1975: Miruts Yifter (ETH) * (3) Pat Mandera 1976–8: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN) 1979: Marty Liquori... 106 KB (9,481 words) - 14:11, 26 January 2024 |
| race at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he finished second behind only Miruts Yifter. After running shorter-distance races, Nyambui would go on to run several... 6 KB (368 words) - 01:51, 25 March 2024 |
details Miruts Yifter Ethiopia 13:20.91 Suleiman Nyambui Tanzania 13:21.60 Kaarlo Maaninka Finland 13:22.00 10,000 metres details Miruts Yifter Ethiopia... 18 KB (367 words) - 21:58, 23 March 2024 |
 | marathon Bronze Miruts Yifter 1972 Munich Athletics Men's 10,000 m Gold Miruts Yifter 1980 Moscow Athletics Men's 5000 m Gold Miruts Yifter 1980 Moscow... 23 KB (129 words) - 22:11, 20 January 2024 |
 | Director General of WHO Yohannes Haile-Selassie, paleoanthropologist Miruts Yifter, Olympic gold medal winning long distance runner Seyoum Mesfin, politician... 27 KB (2,883 words) - 15:06, 14 April 2024 |
Berhanu Girma, long distance runner Marcus Velado-Tsegaye, soccer player Miruts Yifter, long distance runner The Weeknd, R&B and pop singer Naya Ali, rapper... 12 KB (840 words) - 10:23, 26 March 2024 |
Million Wolde Mengistu Worku, footballer Andargachew Yelak, footballer Miruts Yifter Zohar Zemiro (born 1977), Israeli marathon runner Mahlet Afework, fashion... 25 KB (2,060 words) - 02:13, 2 April 2024 |