Lelisa Desisa

Ethiopian long distance runner

Lelisa Desisa (born 1990) is an Ethiopian long distance runner. He was born in Oromia Region on 14 January 1990.

Lelisa Desisa competed in athletics.

Lelisa Desisa took part in Breaking2.

Lelisa Desisa is covered in 21 language editions of Wikipedia, a rough measure of how far the name has carried beyond Ethiopia.

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