The Athlete
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- Drama
- History
Overview
Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefooted Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero in his own country and to the continent, Bikila was the first African to win a gold medal, and four years later in Tokyo would become the first person in history to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the marathon.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 9, 2009
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- Amharic, English
- Countries
- Ethiopia, Germany, United States of America
- Production
- Instinctive Film,AV Patchbay,El Atleta
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt1130965