Sileshi Sihine

Sileshi Sihine (born January 29, 1983 in Sheno) is an Ethiopian long-distance athlete.

Sihine achieved a silver medal in the 10,000 m at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as at the 2005 World Championships and 2007 World Championships as well as a bronze medal in 2003. He also picked up a silver medal in the 5000 m at the 2005 World Championships.

Career

Sihine began running at school, inspired by the achievements of his compatriot Haile Gebrselassie, and after success at junior level, he emerged as a leading senior athlete. He established himself as a competent cross country runner with consecutive wins at the Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños in 2002 and 2003.^[1]

Sileshi Sihine was one of the three Ethiopians, along with Kenenisa Bekele and Haile Gebrselassie who swept the gold, silver, bronze medals in the 10,000 m of 2003 World Championships. He took the 10,000 m gold at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games.

He won a silver medal in the 10000 m at the 2004 Athens Olympics, behind his compatriot Kenenisa Bekele.^[2][3][4]

Sihine won the silver medal in the 10,000 m behind Kenenisa Bekele and the silver medal in the 5000 m at the 2005 World Championships.

He was 3rd in the 2004 World Cross Country Championships and 2nd behind Kenenisa Bekele in 2006 World Cross Country Championships.^[5]

At the 2007 World Championships Sihine took the silver medal in the 10,000 m, again finishing behind Bekele.

Yet again, Sihine earned a silver medal behind his countryman Bekele at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

 Personal life

Sileshi Sihine is married to double Olympic champion athlete Tirunesh Dibaba.

 Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Ethiopia
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	3rd	10,000 m	27:01.44
	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	1st	10,000 m	27:42.13
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	2nd	10,000 m	27:09.39
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	1st	5,000 m	13:06.95
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	5,000 m	13:32.81
			2nd	10,000 m	27:08.87
	World Half Marathon Championships	Edmonton, Canada	4th	Half Marathon	1:01:14
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	2nd	10,000 m	27:09.03
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