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Sileshi Sihine (Amharic: ስለሺ ስህኔ; born January 29, 1983 in Sheno) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. Sileshi achieved a silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as at the 2005 World Championships and 2007 World Championships as well as a bronze medal in 2003. He also picked up a silver medal in the 5000 m at the 2005 World Championships. == Career == Sileshi began running at school, inspired by the achievements of his compatriot Haile Gebrselassie, and after success at junior level, he emerged as a leading senior athlete. He established himself as a competent cross country runner with consecutive wins at the Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños in 2002 and 2003.〔Valiente, Emeterio (2003-12-22). (Sihine in a class of his own in Venta de Baños ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-12-27.〕 Sileshi Sihine was one of the three Ethiopians, along with Kenenisa Bekele and Haile Gebrselassie who swept the gold, silver, bronze medals in the 10,000 m of 2003 World Championships. He took the 10,000 m gold at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games. He won a silver medal in the 10,000 m at the 2004 Athens Olympics, behind his compatriot Kenenisa Bekele.〔 2004 Athens Olympics (Brilliant Bekele takes gold ) - BBC〕〔 2004 Athens Olympics ( Haile farewell ) - IAAF〕〔 2004 Athens Olympics YouTube video: (Men's 10000m )〕 Sileshi won the silver medal in the 10,000 m behind Kenenisa Bekele and the silver medal in the 5000 m at the 2005 World Championships. He was third in the 2004 World Cross Country Championships and 2nd behind Kenenisa Bekele in 2006 World Cross Country Championships.〔(World Cross Country Championships ) - sports123.com〕 At the 2007 World Championships Sileshi took the silver medal in the 10,000 m, again finishing behind Bekele. The following year he yet again took a silver medal behind his countryman Bekele at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. He attempted his first marathon race at the 2011 Amsterdam Marathon, but dropped out after 36 km.〔van Hemert, Wim (2011-10-16). (Chebet sizzles sub-2:06, course record for Gelana in Amsterdam ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-19.〕 In February 2015, he was elected president of the newly formed Ethiopian Athletes’ Association.〔http://www.ethiosports.com/2015/02/04/sileshi-sihine-elected-president-of-newly-formed-ethiopian-athletes-association/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sileshi Sihine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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