Kebede Balcha (7 September 1951 – 10 July 2018) was amarathonrunner fromEthiopia. He won thesilver medal at the1983 World Championships. He is the current record holder for theMontreal International Marathon with 2 hours 10 minutes 3 seconds in 1983.^[1] In 1999, he sought asylum inToronto, where he lived until his death in 2018.^[2]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ethiopia
1979	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	1st	Marathon	2:29:53
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow,Soviet Union	—	Marathon	DNF
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	Marathon	2:10:27
1985	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	Marathon	2:24:31
1987	All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya	3rd	Marathon	2:16:07

• Kebede Balcha atWorld Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill; et al."Kebede Balcha".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC. Archived fromthe original on 2020-04-18.
• Montreal International Marathon

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