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Bench Events today announced that Haile Gebrselassie, the former Olympic and world athletics champion, has been confirmed as a speaker at the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) – Africa’s top event for hotel investors, which takes place from the 29th September to 1st October in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
Haile Gebrselassie won two Olympic gold medals at 10,000 meters and four world championships at the same distance. He also won major titles at all distances from 1,500 meters to the marathon and during his career he broke 27 world records. He is widely considered as one of the greatest distance runners of all time.