ETHIOPIAN ATHLETE
‘Gold Medallist In Poverty’
(N.Z.P. A.* Reuter—Copyright) LONDON, May 7
The Ethiopian athlete. B;kila Abebe, who won the marathon in record time at the Rome Olympics is living in poverty, according to the “Sunday Express.” The 29-year-old former soldier in the Imperial bodyguard of the Emperor, Haile Selassie, is out of work and his wife and young son are supported by friends, says the newspaper. After the Olympics. Abebe was rewarded by promotion to the rank of corporal and given a piece of land of his own. During the Ethiopian revolt.
however, he was gaoled and had his land taken away. Because the Emperor had dismissed his bodyguard Abebe was also without work.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29508, 9 May 1961, Page 11
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