April 18, 1973 in asella, oromiya, ethiopia affiliations. Other articles where haile gebrselassie is discussed. The film traces gebrselassies path from his days as a poor farm boy who ran six miles to school and back, through is relentless training to be the best 10,000. This is how haile has rewritten the story of the background and the middle ground. Haile gebrselassie is an ethiopian distance runner. Haile gebrselassie is indeed a worthy subject for a docudrama. Endurance tells the incredible story of the legendary haile gebrselassie, described by runners world magazine as the greatest distance rnuner of all time and holder of 27 world records throughout his career, from 5000 metres to the marathon. Born in arsi province, ethiopia in 1973, haile had 9 siblings and their family lived in financially deprived conditions. Endurance the story of haile gebrselassie runneruniverse. Haile gebreselassie, endurance, gebreselassie, the best, marathon, maraton. It was written and directed by leslie woodhead and bud greenspan, and produced and released by walt disney pictures. This is the story of haile gebreselassie, considered by many in distance.
Haile gebreselassie article about haile gebreselassie by. This movie is featured because of two outstanding running scenes. It was established in 2010, by opening haile resort in hawassa. Both haile gebrselassie and jack foster balanced a relatively small amount of intense training with a large volume of easy running. This film about ethiopian distance runner haile gebrsellasie, who won gold at the 1996 atlanta olympics and is considered one of the greatest runners of all time, is a dramatization that often appears to be a documentary. The training of haile gebrselassie and jack foster. Endurance is a 1999 docudrama film about the famous distance runner haile gebrselassie with gebrselassie playing the role of himself. Gebrselassie won two olympic 10,000m golds before turning. In the 10,000m competition he has 2 olympic gold medals, 4 world championships, and held the world record until it was broken by compatriot kenenisa bekele. This is the story of his strength and determination. Haile gebrselassie the ethiopian distance runner who won olympic gold for his 10,000 meter performance at the 1996 games in atlanta, georgia is the reallife subject of endurance.
Baye speedy filfilu endurance 4 haile gebreselassie. My 3 year old son watched the entire movie with my wife and me and loved it. You dont realise, one boy told leslie woodhead,the film s director, he is my hero. With haile gebrselassie, shawananness gebrselassie, yonas zergaw, tedesse haile. Endurance is a 1999 docudrama film about the famous distance runner haile gebrselassie with gebrselassie playing himself. His name is haile gebrselassie, and after he set a new record at the atlanta olympics in 1996, runners world magazine described him as the. Usage attributionnoncommercialnoderivs topics haile gebreselassie, pose method, pose tech, dr. Majestic, yet downtoearth in scope, the movie depicts the stirring rise of an obscure ethiopian dirtfarmers tenth son to international acclaim as the gold medal winner of the 1996 atlanta 10,000 meter long distance run. Endurance licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of rca victor. Speaking to the austin chronicle from holland, woodhead who is currently working on a twohour special for the bbc about the iran hostage crisis of 197981, took a few minutes to chat about endurance. Media in category haile gebrselassie the following 30 files are in this category, out of 30 total. Ethiopian olympic gold medalwinning runners haile gebrselassie, fatuma roba, and bekoji native derartu tulu, but his first athletic love was football soccer. Whether or not haile gebrselassie manages to eclipse this time before his 42 nd birthday next april, fosters achievement 40 years ago is truly remarkable. Vienna 20414 vienna city marathon aftermath haile gebrselassie greeting his enthusiastic viennese fans after winning vcm half marathon 3rd time.
He was born in the city of bekoji, in the arsi region of central ethiopia. Nicholas romanov, runningtips, runningclips, videoanalysis. This was confirmed by haile himself and he didnt give any. In the heart of an olympic champion is the courage to endure. Mustwatch documentary film the life on haile gebreselassie endurance. Haile gebrselassie is a retired ethiopian runner, and one of the sports greatest legends. He broke 61 ethiopian national records ranging from 800 metres to the marathon, set 27 world records, and is widely regarded as the greatest distance runner. Ethiopian long distance runner haile gebrselassie documentary. Join facebook to connect with haile gebreselassie and others you may know. While he remains focused on running gebreselassie always finds time on a near daily basis for his various charitable initiatives. The film documents his life, from the farms of ethiopia to international glory.
Haile gebrselassie, the worlds greatest distance runner, says that he hopes to emulate his successes in sport and business with a win at the ballot box published. His first important win was the world championship in the 10,000m race in 1993. Haile later featured as himself in a film endurance about the quest to win the 10,000m title. The 40yearold ethiopian is still competing in longdistance events.
All along youve been wondering how do todays elite athletes run from a technical standpoint. In the heart of a champion is the courage to endure. The inspirational story of haile gebrselassie, gold medal winner at the 1996 olympics in atlanta. Haile gebrselassie is considered one of the greatest runners in history, with victories and world records in almost every longdistance and middledistance event. During his career he won 2 olympic gold medals, 7 world championship medals 4 golds, and broke a number world records in distances ranging from 2 miles to the marathon. Hello everyone, i am haile gebreselassie, born and raised in the arsi province of ethiopia. Downtown music publishing, umpi, aresa, cmrra, bmg rights management us, llc, bmi broadcast music inc. Cnn haile gebrselassie talks to cnn about his childhood, his family, his country and what motivates him to keep on running. Rising from his meager roots in ethiopa, haile gebrselassie pursued his olympic dream and went on to win the gold at the 1996 olympics.
Endurance is the documentary that wont end about the man who wont stop running. About haile gebreselassie haile gebreselassie is a famous long distance running champion. Gebreselassie article about gebreselassie by the free. Adept at both indoor and outdoor distance events as well as longdistance crosscountry and marathon running, haile won major races in distances ranging from the 1,500 m to the marathon. Haile gained international recognition in 1992 when he won the 5000. Rising from his meager roots in ethiopa, haile gebrselassie pursued his.
Haile was born on the 18th of april, 1973, says klaus weidt, author of haile gebrselassie. Baye speedy filfilu endurance 8 haile gebreselassie duration. Gebreselassie plays himself as an adult, and the film finishes with greenspans actual footage of the olympic race. Endurance is a very slowly paced and sometimes quite weirdfunny docudrama in which the youthful geb played by a boy actor and the slightly older preolympics geb. Haile had major competition wins at distances between 1500 metres and the marathon, moving from outdoor, indoor and cross country running to road running in the latter part of his career. A disney presentation, endurance is mildly interesting but very slow.
Haile gebrselassie bio, stats, and results olympics at. Since then, the company has increased its destinations to four, by opening haile hotel shashemene, ziway resort and yaya africa athletics village. Haile gebreselassie video analysis by pose tech productions. At 19 years of age he won gold in the 5,000 metres but especially in the 10,000 meters, whose final was dominated by the kenyan josephat machuka. Baye speedy filfilu endurance 6 haile gebreselassie duration. Haile gebrselassie will pace a world record attempt at aprils london marathon, race organisers have announced. The world noticed him in 1992, in seoul, in the junior athletics championships. Haile gebrselassies announced retirement after the new york city marathon was a reaction to a disappointing race, he said in a twitter message. Customers who bought this item also bought these digital items. Running superstar haile gebrselassie has broken 27 world records. The movie features gebrselassie s upbringing in ethiopia and his subsequent triumph in the 10,000meter track event in the atlanta olympic games of 1996. But i am rather known as a long distance runner in five and te. He won the berlin marathon 4 times in a row and the dubai.
Raised under oppressive conditions in one of the worlds poorest countries, the ethiopian boy named haile gebrselassie was born to run. Endurance is a 1999 docudrama film about the famous distance runner haile gebrselassie with gebrselassie playing himself it was written and directed by leslie woodhead and bud greenspan, and produced and released by walt disney pictures. Endurance was clearly the undiscovered jewel of the 1998 telluride film festival in early september. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the. Haile gebrselassie is an ethiopian longdistance track and road running athlete. Born to run as a child growing up on a farm in ethiopia, haile gebrselassie ran 10 kilometres to school each day and another 10 kilometres back home. The ethiopian great, 40, has been enlisted to take a loaded mens elite field. Haile gebrselassie celebrity profile check out the latest haile gebrselassie photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. The subject of the film is ethiopian championship distance runner haile gebreselassie played by himself. Hundreds of inner city children of all ages chased haile around the track like some sort of pied piper. Haile hotels and resorts, is a privately owned and situated in various part of ethiopia. The gold medal for the mens 10,000metre race in the 1996 atlanta olympics is won by ethiopian haile gebrselassie. With haile gebrselassie, shawananness gebrselassie, yonas zergaw, tedesse.
He was forced to run 10 kms to school every morning and. Haile gebrselassie to be world record pacesetter at london. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Haile gebrselassie was the winner and the crews packed their bags for ethiopia.
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