"The Athlete"

“The Athlete” (“Atletu”) is the story of the remarkable life and career of Abebe Bikila (1932-1973), who became a hero to both his native country of Ethiopia and the continent of Africa, being the first Sub-Saharan African to win an Olympic Gold Medal. He won the gold as a barefoot marathon runner in Rome in 1960. He then repeated the feat in 1964 in Tokyo, winning a consecutive gold medal. Following a devastating injury, with grit and determination, resolve and an ingrained and unconquerable optimism, Bikila competed in new sports, archery (at the Paralympics in England) and dogsledding, winning The Ridderrennet in Norway.

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