Françoise Mbango Etone (born 14 April 1976) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the Cameroon. She was a gold medalist in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She retained her title with a distance of 15.39m at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. She was born in Yaoundé.
She [...]
Kenenisa Bekele (born June 13, 1982, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian distance runner who holds the world records in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. He is the reigning two-time Olympic champion over 10,000 metres and the most accomplished runner in IAAF World Cross Country Championships history, with six long (12K) course and five short (4K) [...]
Nwankwo Kanu (born 1 August 1976 in Owerri, Nigeria), usually known simply as Kanu, is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Nigerian national team and for English club Portsmouth. His Igbo name, Nwankwo, means “Babyboy born on nkwo market day”. He is the most highly-decorated African footballer in footballing history, having [...]
Haile Gebrselassie (Ge’ez: ኃይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ, haylē gebre silassē; born April 18, 1973) is an Ethiopian long distance track and road running athlete. Known for his remarkable versatility, Gebrselassie achieved major competition wins at distances between 1500 metres and marathon, moving from outdoor, indoor and cross country running to road running in the latter part [...]
Maria de Lurdes Mutola (born October 27, 1972 in Maputo) is an athlete from Mozambique who has specialized in the 800 m.
Mutola was born in the Chamanculo district of Maputo. Her father was employed by the railways and her mother was a market vendor. As a young girl she excelled in football. She played with [...]
