This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Miruts, and not as Yifter.
Miruts Yifter
Miruts (#191) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native name
ምሩፅ ይፍጠር
Nationality
Ethiopian
Born
(1944-05-15)15 May 1944 Zalambessa, Tigray Province, Ethiopian Empire
Died
22 December 2016(2016-12-22) (aged 72) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sport
Sport
Track
Event(s)
5000 m, 10,000 m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
5000 m: 13:13.82[1] 10,000 m: 27:40.96[1]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Ethiopia
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow
5000 metres
1980 Moscow
10,000 metres
1972 Munich
10,000 metres
All-Africa Games
1973 Lagos
10,000 metres
1973 Lagos
5000 metres
Representing Africa
IAAF World Cup
1977 Düsseldorf
5000 metres
1977 Düsseldorf
10,000 metres
1979 Montreal
5000 metres
1979 Montreal
10,000 metres
Miruts Yifter (Amharic and Tigrinya: ምሩፅ ይፍጠር, affectionately known as "Yifter the Shifter",[2][3] 15 May 1944 – 22 December 2016) was an Ethiopian long-distance runner and winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. His date of birth is often given as 15 May 1944, though there is some uncertainty about this. His name is also sometimes spelled as Muruse Yefter.
MirutsYifter (Amharic and Tigrinya: ምሩፅ ይፍጠር, affectionately known as "Yifter the Shifter", 15 May 1944 – 22 December 2016) was an Ethiopian long-distance...
– Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia Mikael Sehul – Ras of Ethiopia MirutsYifter – athlete who won two gold medals in the 1980 Moscow Olympics Ras Alula...
achieving the 5000 m/10000 m distance double, last achieved by Ethiopian MirutsYifter in 1980 Moscow Olympics. El Guerrouj became the first man in 80 years...
ARRS 1:03:46 Jose Reveyn Belgium 27 March 1976 The Hague IAAF 1:02:57 MirutsYifter Ethiopia 6 February 1977 Coamo IAAF IAAF notes unrounded time as 1:02:56...
5000 meters and set a U.S. record of 13:15.1 while finishing second to MirutsYifter in the inaugural World Cup. On May 16, 1971, Liquori lowered his personal...
New Zealand Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand West Germany 1980 Moscow details MirutsYifter Ethiopia Suleiman Nyambui Tanzania Kaarlo Maaninka Finland 1984 Los...
provided the wrong Ethiopian national anthem which, when played, offended MirutsYifter sufficiently that he and his teammates started off towards Newcastle...
Egziabher, well known environmentalist and brother of Sibhat Gebregziabhier MirutsYifter, Olympic Runner Gebrehiwot Baykedagn, was an Ethiopian doctor, economist...
that, Kedir moved out to the second lane to let his teammate MirutsYifter pass him, Yifter did and sprinted past Coghlan. Moments after moving to the second...
(1952), Vladimir Kuts (1956), Lasse Virén (twice, in 1972 and 1976) and MirutsYifter (1980). Kenenisa Bekele won two gold medals at the 2009 World Championships...
finished eleventh, almost 40 seconds behind the winner, Ethiopia's MirutsYifter. In 2010, he was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame. Brendan...
any case, he led the race for only a few seconds before Ethiopia's MirutsYifter kicked past him on the inside. By contrast, in the 1983 World Championships...
race at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he finished second behind only MirutsYifter. After running shorter-distance races, Nyambui would go on to run several...
points more than the winning score in Moscow at the time. Ethiopian MirutsYifter won the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres athletics double, emulating Lasse...
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