Bashay Feleke’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Ethiopian athletics competitor (1917-2008)
Was Athlete 
From Ethiopia 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 1 January 1917
Death February 2008
(aged 91 years)

Bashay Feleke (1917 – February 2008) was an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

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