Kebede Balcha

Kebede Balcha
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
African Championships
Gold medal – first place1979 DakarMarathon
Silver medal – second place1985 CairoMarathon
Silver medal – second place1989 LagosMarathon
Bronze medal – third place1988 AnnabaMarathon

Kebede Balcha (7 September 1951 – 10 July 2018) was a marathon runner from Ethiopia. He won the silver medal 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 Toronto, where he lived until his death in 2019.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Ethiopia
1979 African Championships Dakar, Senegal 1st Marathon 2:29:53
1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union — Marathon DNF
1983 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 2nd Marathon 2:10:27
1985 African Championships Cairo, Egypt 2nd Marathon 2:24:31
1987 All-Africa Games Nairobi, Kenya 3rd Marathon 2:16:07

Road races

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1977 Athens Classic Marathon Athens, Greece 1st Marathon 2:14:40.8
1979 Montreal International Marathon Montréal, Canada 1st Marathon 2:11:35
1981 Montreal International Marathon Montréal, Canada 1st Marathon 2:11:11
1983 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 6th Marathon 2:12:07
London Marathon London, United Kingdom 4th Marathon 2:11:32
Montreal International Marathon Montréal, Canada 1st Marathon 2:10:03
1984 Frankfurt Marathon Frankfurt, Germany 2nd Marathon 2:11:40
1985 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 2nd Marathon 2:12:01
1985 World Marathon Cup Hiroshima, Japan 11th Marathon 2:11:19
Montreal International Marathon Montréal, Canada 1st Marathon 2:12:39
1986 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 11th Marathon 2:14:11
1988 Rotterdam Marathon Rotterdam, Netherlands 6th Marathon 2:12:04
Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka, Japan 10th Marathon 2:12:55

References

  1. ↑ "Obituary – Ethiopian marathoner Kebede Balcha | Africathle". Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  2. ↑ "Kebebe Balcha". Olympedia. OLYMadMen. Retrieved January 4, 2022.