![Ethiopian athlete Abebe Bikila , nicknamed "the barefoot runner", and... Foto di attualità - Getty Images Ethiopian athlete Abebe Bikila , nicknamed "the barefoot runner", and... Foto di attualità - Getty Images](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/519562288/it/foto/ethiopian-athlete-abebe-bikila-nicknamed-the-barefoot-runner-and-abdeslam-ghadi-regain-ones.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=yBaW9cszab-zyuMIIlvmjNwjt39d9XY0zWPAHaIp5UU=)
Ethiopian athlete Abebe Bikila , nicknamed "the barefoot runner", and... Foto di attualità - Getty Images
On this day 60 years ago, Abebe Bikila made Olympic history | #OnThisDay 6⃣0⃣ years ago, marathon runner Abebe Bikila 🇪🇹 won a gold medal and set a world record while running
![Remembering Bikila's 1960 Olympic marathon victory on its 60th anniversary | FEATURE | World Athletics Remembering Bikila's 1960 Olympic marathon victory on its 60th anniversary | FEATURE | World Athletics](https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/large/24c1d2df-07ad-4360-95c9-63eef46e5773.jpg)