Abebe Bikila

He was operated on at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in England and his condition improved to paraplegic. "
In 2010 the Rome Marathon celebrated 50 years of Abebe Bikila's Olympics Race. He finiAbebe Bikilad the marathon in a new world record time of 2:12:11:2; 4 minutes 8 seconds in front of the silver medalist Basil Heatley of Great Britain.

Abebe Bikila (አበበ ቢቂላ; August 7 1932 – October 25 1973) was a double Olympic marathon champion from Ethiopia most famous for winning a marathon gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics while running barefoot. A stadium in Addis Ababa is named in his honor.