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Woldemeskel Kostre was born on 29 January, 1947 in Shewa, Ethiopia, is an An ethiopian athletics coaches. Discover Woldemeskel Kostre's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?

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Occupation Athletics Coach
Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 29 January 1947
Birthday 29 January
Birthplace Shewa, Ethiopia
Date of death 16 May, 2016
Died Place Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Nationality Ethiopia

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1947

Dr. Woldemeskel Kostre (Amharic: ዶ/ር ወ/መስቀል ኮስትሬ, January 29, 1947 – May 16, 2016) was an Ethiopian long distance running coach.

He was known for coaching such Olympic champions as Haile Gebreselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam, Tirunesh Dibaba and Derartu Tulu.

While coaching he earned a reputation of being a disciplinarian and authoritarian with athletes working under him constantly being pushed to their limits resulting in many world records being set under his watch.

Born on January 29, 1947, in central Shewa province of Ethiopia, Kostre was a promising middle-distance runner himself.

1960

during the 1960s.

1964

When given the choice of either representing his country at the 1964 Olympic games or studying sports science in Hungary on scholarship, he chose the latter.

1972

Kostre was first appointed as an assistant coach of the Ethiopian athletics team at the 1972 Olympic Games.

He coached for over 30 years becoming an established member of the Ethiopian Olympics delegation.

1980

Kostre was considered by many to be the architect of Ethiopia's success at longer distance running starting from the 1980s onward.

1992

He became the head national coach of the Ethiopian Athletics team starting from the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where Derartu Tulu became the first black African women to win Olympic gold winning the 10,000m final.

2006

He was the recipient of the 2006 IAAF Coaches' Award.

2008

He was coached the team up until the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Ethiopian athletes won a total of 28 Olympic medals during his time as a coach.

2016

Kostre died at the age of 69 on May 16, 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

He was interred at Kidist Selassie Cathedral cemetery.

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