Barefoot Runner: The Life of Marathon Champion Abebe Bikila by Paul Rambali

Barefoot Runner: The Life of Marathon Champion Abebe Bikila

Paul Rambali

320 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography sports informative inspiring fast-paced
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Abebe Bikila was the first black African to win an Olympic gold medal. He won the marathon running barefoot in Rome in 1960 and won again wearing shoes in Tokyo in 1964, becoming the first person to win the most gruelling of all human contests twi...

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