Miruts Yifter
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This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Miruts, and not as Yifter.
Miruts Yifter (Amharic and Tigrinya: ምሩፅ ይፍጠር, affectionately known as "Yifter the Shifter",[2][3] 15 May 1944 – 22 December 2016) was an Ethiopian long-distance runner and winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. His date of birth is often given as 15 May 1944, though there is some uncertainty about this. His name is also sometimes spelled as Muruse Yefter.
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Native name | ምሩፅ ይፍጠር | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Ethiopian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1944-05-15)15 May 1944 Zalambessa, Tigray Province, Ethiopian Empire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 December 2016(2016-12-22) (aged 72) Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 5000 m, 10,000 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 5000 m: 13:13.82[1] 10,000 m: 27:40.96[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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