Abebe Bikila
Shambel Abebe Bikila (Amharic: Shambel Abebe Bikila; Ọgọst 7, 1932 – Ọktoba 25, 1973) bụ onye ọgba ọsọ marathon nke Etiopia bụ onye na-agba ọsọ marathon Olympic azụ na azụ. Ọ bụ onye Etiopia mbụ nwetara ihe nrite ọla edo n'egwuregwu Olympic, na-emeri ihe nrite ọla edo nke mbụ ya na Africa na asọmpi Summer Olympic 1960 na Rome mgbe ọ na-agba ọsọ ụkwụ efu. Na 1964 Tokyo Olympic, o meriri nrite ọla edo ya nke abụọ. N'aka nke ya, ọ ghọrọ onye egwuregwu mbụ gbachitere aha marathon Olympic nke ọma. Na mmeri abụọ ahụ, ọ gbara ọsọ na oge ndekọ ụwa.
A mụrụ ya na Shewa, Abebe kwagara Addis Ababa n'ihe dị ka afọ 1952 wee sonye na 5th Infantry Regiment nke Ethiopian Imperial Guard, otu ndị agha nke chebere eze ukwu nke Ethiopia. N'ịbanye aha dị ka onye agha tupu ọrụ egwuregwu ya, ọ rịgooro n'ọkwa <i id="mwKA">shambel</i> (kaptịn). Abebe sonyere na ngụkọta nke marathons iri na isii. Ọ nọ n'ọnọdụ nke abụọ na marathon mbụ ya na Addis Ababa, merie agbụrụ iri na abụọ ndị ọzọ, wee bụrụ onye nke ise na 1963 Boston Marathon. N'ọnwa Julaị afọ 1967, ọ merụrụ ahụ nke mbụ n'ime ọtụtụ mmerụ ahụ metụtara egwuregwu nke gbochiri ya ịmecha marathons abụọ ikpeazụ ya. Abebe bụ onye ọsụ ụzọ na ịgba ọsọ ogologo oge. Mamo Wolde, Juma Ikangaa, Tegla Loroupe, Paul Tergat, na Haile Gebrselassie Tianall ndị natara New York Road Runners' Abebe Bikila Award bụ ụfọdụ n'ime ndị na-eme egwuregwu ndị sochiri nzọụkwụ ya iji guzobe East Africa dị ka ike na-agba ọsọ ogologo.