Fita Bayisa

Fita Bayisa (Amharic: ፊጣ ባይሳ; born December 15, 1972, in Ambo, Oromia)^[1] is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, best known for winning a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. A year earlier, he had won a silver medal at the World Championships in Tokyo. Before the Olympic Games in Barcelona, Bayisa had emerged as the favourite for 10,000 metres, as he had defeated a world-class field at the Bislett Games in Oslo in a time of 27:14.26 min. However, he failed to make an impact on the 10,000 m final, which was won by Khalid Skah.

Fita Bayisa

Personal information
Born	December 15, 1972
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Ethiopia Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 5000 metres World Championships 1991 Tokyo 5000 m 1993 Stuttgart 5000 m All-Africa Games 1991 Cairo 5000 m World Junior Championships 1990 Plovdiv 5000 m

Among his other achievements, he was the winner of the 1999 Belgrade Race Through History. He beat Paul Tergat by a second in the unusual race across Belgrade's city fortress.^[2]

Bayisa was the flag bearer for Ethiopia in the Atlanta 1996 opening ceremony.^[3]