Kebede Balcha (7 September 1951 – 10 July 2018) was a

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runner from

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. He won the

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at the 1983 World Championships. He is the current record holder for the Montreal International Marathon with 2 hours 10 minutes 3 seconds in 1983. In 1999, he sought asylum in

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, where he lived until his death in 2018.

International competitions

Road races

References

External links

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Montreal International Marathon
1951 births 2018 deaths Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia World Athletics Championships medalists African Games bronze medalists for Ethiopia African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub