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Fita Bayisa (born December 15, 1972 in Ambo) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner most known for winning an bronze medal on the 5,000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Jump to: navigation, search December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Jump to: navigation, search Athletics Medal Winners at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics: Categories: 1992 Summer Olympics | Athletics at the Olympics ...

Personal bests

1500 metres - 3:35.35 (1999)
3000 metres - 7:35.32 (1996)
5000 metres - 13:05.40 (1993)
10,000 metres - 27:14.26 (1992)
8 kilometres - 22:22 (2000)
5 miles road - 22:29 (2000)

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	5,000 metres
	All-Africa Games	Cairo, Egypt	1st	5,000 metres
1992	World Cross Country Championships	Boston, United States	3rd
	Summer Olympics	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	5,000 metres
	IAAF World Cup	Havana, Cuba	1st	5,000 metres
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	5,000 metres
	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	3rd	10,000 metres

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External reference

IAAF profile for Fita Bayisa

Categories: 1972 births | Ethiopian athletes | Long-distance runners | Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Track and field athletics biography stubs The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics (known in the US as track and field). It was founded in 1912 at its first Congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation. ...

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Fita Bayisa – Wikipedia (147 words)
	Stuttgartin MM-kisoissa 1993 Bayisa sijoittui kolmanneksi 5 000 metrillä ja voitti Afrikan mestaruuskilpailuissa hopeaa 10 000 metrillä.
	Bayisa osallistui tämän jälkeen ahkerasti arvokisoihin, mutta ei kerännyt enää mitaleja.
	Bayisa osallistui vielä Sydneyn olympialaisiin 2000, jossa oli neljäs 5 000 metrin kilpailussa.

Daily Nation On the Web (541 words)
	Both the medals count and the winner in this race, it was as the Kenyans who triumphed as Thomas Nyariki got a bronze with Bayisa setting for a silver.
	Gitahi led the field from the first lap and, but for a brief moment on the fifth lap, he was at the front of the leading pack all the way.
	Mezgebu and Bayisa were usually between him and Nyariki while Richard Limo often fought back from an isolated position to the back to run shoulder to shoulder with his compatriot.

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