The Athlete

Name: The Athlete
Director: Davey Frankel,Rasselas Lakew
Released: 2009-03-09T00:00:00Z

Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefooted Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero in his own country and to the continent, Bikila was the first African to win a gold medal, and four years later in Tokyo would become the first person in history to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the marathon.

Runtime: 92

Release date: 2009-03-09

<article> <figure> <img src="http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w780/ddB824y4rEbggSQLpXmu3wvgXhx.jpg" title='The Athlete' alt='The Athlete'/> </figure> <h1>The Athlete</h1> <p>Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefooted Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero in his own country and to the continent, Bikila was the first African to win a gold medal, and four years later in Tokyo would become the first person in history to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the marathon.</p> <details><summary>Runtime: 92</summary> <summary>Release date: 2009-03-09</summary></details> </article>