The Athlete (movie)
The athlete- User score: 5.9
- Production country: Ethiopia, Germany, United States of America
- Producer: Davey Frankel , Rasselas Lakew
- Production companies: Instinctive Film, AV Patchbay, El Atleta
- Genre: Drama, History
- Release date: 3/9/2009
- Run time: 92 min.
Movie description
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.
