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Simon Bairu (born 8 August 1983) is a former Canadian long-distance runner born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to an Ethiopian mother and an Eritrean father.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 The Official Website of Simon Bairu )〕 After a short stint in Athens, Greece, he moved with his family to Canada at the age of three and was raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. Simon attended Dr. Martin LeBoldus High School, where he flourished at the provincial and national level running scene. Bairu attended the University of Wisconsin,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Taking the long way: Bairu makes run at Olympic bid in marathon )〕 where he was guided by his current coach, Jerry Schumacher, to two NCAA cross-country titles amongst his many running accolades. Bairu currently trains out of Portland, Oregon, with coach Schumacher as well as Wisconsin teammates Chris Solinsky, Matt Tegenkamp and Tim Nelson. He had a 12th place finish at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and set a 10,000 m Canadian national record of 27:23.63 minutes in Stanford that year. The 10k record was bettered by Cameron Levins in 2013. Bairu won a record seven Canadian Cross Country Championship titles. He won the first ever Miami Beach Half Marathon in December 2011,〔(Flanagan, with sights on London qualification, runs 1:09:58 in Miami Beach ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-12-16.〕 and the San Jose Half Marathon in October 2012.〔(Simon Bairu Wins Rock ‘n’ Roll San Jose Half Marathon ) Added 2012-10-07〕 On September 5th, 2014, Bairu official retired from professional racing. 〔(Simon Bairu retires from professional racing )〕 == Personal bests == * All information taken from IAAF profile. 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「Simon Bairu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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