Demissie Wolde

Not to be confused with Mamo Wolde.

Demissie Wolde (born March 8, 1937) is a former Ethiopian marathon runner. He won the Košice Peace Marathon in 1969 in 2:15:37.[1] He also competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics placing tenth in the marathon and at the 1972 Summer Olympics placing 18th in the marathon. He is the younger brother of Mamo Wolde.[2]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Ethiopia
1969 Košice Peace Marathon Košice, Czechoslovakia 1st Marathon 2:15:37

References

  1. ^ Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2009-05-02). "World Marathon Rankings for 1969". http://www.arrs.net/MaraRank/ATM_Mara1969.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-14. 
  2. ^ Sports Reference LLC. "Demissie Wolde Biography and Olympic Results". http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/demissie-wolde-1.html. Retrieved 2009-10-14. 

Inauguration to 1969

  • 1924: Karol Halla (TCH)
  • 1925: Pál Király (HUN)
  • 1926: Hans Hempel (GER)
  • 1927–28: József Galambos (HUN)
  • 1929: Hans Hempel (GER)
  • 1930: István Zelenka (HUN)
  • 1931: Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG)
  • 1932–33: József Galambos (HUN)
  • 1934: Josef Šulc (TCH)
  • 1935: Arthur Motmillers (LAT)
  • 1936: György Balaban (AUT)
  • 1937: Désiré Leriche (FRA)
  • 1939: József Kiss (HUN)
  • 1941: József Gyimesi (HUN)
  • 1942: József Kiss (HUN)
  • 1943: Géza Kiss (HUN)
  • 1944: Rezső Kövári (HUN)
  • 1945: Antonín Špiroch (TCH)
  • 1946: Mikko Hietanen (FIN)
  • 1947: Charles Heirendt (LUX)
  • 1948: Gösta Leandersson (SWE)
  • 1949: Martti Urpalainen (FIN)
  • 1950: Gösta Leandersson (SWE)
  • 1951: Jaroslav Śtrupp (TCH)
  • 1952: Erkki Puolakka (FIN)
  • 1953: Walter Bednář (TCH)
  • 1954: Erkki Puolakka (FIN)
  • 1955: Evert Nyberg (SWE)
  • 1956: Thomas Hilt Nilsson (SWE)
  • 1957: Ivan Filin (URS)
  • 1958: Pavel Kantorek (TCH)
  • 1959: Sergei Popov (URS)
  • 1960: Samuel Hardicker (GBR)
  • 1961: Abebe Bikila (ETH)
  • 1962: Pavel Kantorek (TCH)
  • 1963: Buddy Edelen (USA)
  • 1964: Pavel Kantorek (TCH)
  • 1965: Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL)
  • 1966: Gyula Tóth (HUN)
  • 1967: Nedjalko Farčić (YUG)
  • 1968: Václav Chudomel (TCH)
  • 1969: Demissie Wolde (ETH)

1970 to present

  • 1970: Mikhail Gorelov (URS)
  • 1971: Gyula Tóth (HUN)
  • 1972: John Farrington (AUS)
  • 1973: Vladimir Moyseyev (URS)
  • 1974: Keith Angus (GBR)
  • 1975: Choe Chang Sop (PRK)
  • 1976: Takeshi So (JPN)
  • 1977–78: Go Chun Son (PRK)
  • 1979: Jouni Kortelainen (FIN)
  • 1980: Alexey Lyagushev (URS)
  • 1981: Hans-Joachim Truppel (GDR)
  • 1982: György Sinkó (HUN)
  • 1983: František Višnický (TCH)
  • 1984: Ri Dong Myong (PRK)
  • 1985: Valentin Starikov (URS)
  • 1986: František Višnický (TCH)
  • 1987: Jörg Peter (GDR)
  • 1988: Michael Heilmann (GDR)
  • 1989: Karel David (TCH)
  • 1990: Nikolay Kolesnikov (URS)
  • 1991: Vlastimil Bukovjan (TCH)
  • 1992–93: Wiesław Pałczyński (POL)
  • 1994: Petr Pipa (SVK)
  • 1995–96: Marnix Goegebeur (BEL)
  • 1997: My Tahar Echchadli (MAR)
  • 1998: Andrzej Krzyścin (POL)
  • 1999: Róbert Štefko (SVK)
  • 2000: Ernest Kipyego (KEN)
  • 2001–02: David Kariuki (KEN)
  • 2003: Grigoriy Andreyev (RUS)
  • 2004: Adam Dobrzyński (POL)
  • 2005: David Maiyo (KEN)
  • 2006: Edwin Kipchom (KEN)
  • 2007: William Biama (KEN)
  • 2008: Dejene Yirdaw (ETH)
  • 2009: Jacob Kipkorir Chesire (KEN)