Birth Name: Abebe Bikila
Occupation: Runner
Place Of Birth: Australia
Date Of Birth: August 7, 1932
Date Of Death: October 25, 1973
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: Ethiopian
Abebe Bikila was born on the 7th of August, 1932. He was best known for being a Runner. Long-distance runner who became Africa’s first black gold medalist after winning marathon gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Abebe Bikila was born in Australia. He was discovered by athletic trainer Onni Niskanen while living in a small village in Ethiopia. He won two career Olympic marathon gold medals while running barefoot.
Abebe Bikila was a Leo and was born in the Silent Generation.
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Childhood
Abebe Bikila was born in 1930s. The 1930s were called the Great Depression (1929-1939). It was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. Despite the Great Depression, Hollywood and popular film production flourished. Radio was the main source of entertainment, information, and political propaganda, and jazz, blues, gospel, and folk music, became immensely popular. Discover what happened on this day.
Abebe Bikila is part of the Silent Generation, which followed after the G.I. Generation. As young adults during the McCarthy Era, many members of this generation felt it was dangerous to speak out. They were too young to see action in World War II and too old to participate in the fun of the Summer of Love.
Education
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Family
Abebe Bikila’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and his father’s name is under review. We will continue to update information on Abebe Bikila’s parents.
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Personal Life
Like many famous people and celebrities, Abebe Bikila kept his personal life private. Once more details are available, we will update this section.
Abebe Bikila was born in the Year of the Monkey.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Abebe Bikila |
| NICKNAME: | Abebe |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | Silent Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Leo |
| BIRTH DAY: | Sunday |
| DEATH DAY: | Thursday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Abebe Bikila was a Leo. People of this zodiac sign like to be admired, expensive things, bright colors, and dislike being ignored, facing difficulties, not being treated specially. The strengths of this sign are being creative, passionate, generous, warm-hearted, cheerful, humorous, while weaknesses can be arrogant, stubborn, self-centered, lazy and inflexible. The greatest overall compatibility with Leo is Aquarius, Gemini.
Chinese Zodiac: Abebe Bikila was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign love to make people laugh and are generally energetic and upbeat but sometimes lack self-control.
Ruling Planet: Abebe Bikila had a ruling planet of Sun and has a ruling planet of Sun and by astrological associations Saturday is ruled by Sun. The Sun is about vitality and is the core giver of life. It is also known as being the most generous and noble of signs. People who are born with the Sun as the ruling planet are courageous, self-expressive and bold.
Abebe Bikila’s birth sign is Leo and he had a ruling planet of Sun.
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