Person in history
Belaynesh Oljira
Belaynesh Oljira, Ethiopian runner
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1990 · June 26
- Age this year
- 36No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- athletics competitor. Citizenship: Ethiopia
- Born
- 36th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Belaynesh Oljira Jemama is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes mainly in 10K and half marathon races. She represented her country at the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2013 World Championships and the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 2011 and 2013.
Path and career
Career Born in Welega in Ethiopia, she demonstrated her potential as an endurance runner with a third-place finish at the Great Ethiopian Run . [ 1 ] She began competing on the European circuit the following year and won the Le Mans Cross Country race before placing second at the European Clubs Cross Country Cup .
Why this date
Belaynesh Oljira appears on our June 26 calendar for 1990 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1990.
- September 12Allied Control Council
- September 91990 Batticaloa massacre
- September 11Faucett Perú
- November 17Mount Unzen
- July 22Greg LeMond
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1990Matt ShivelySeptember 15
- 1990Lelisa DesisaJanuary 14
- 1990Robert Griffin IIIFebruary 12
- 1990Petar FilipovićSeptember 14
- 1990Lachlan CooteApril 6
- 1990Shaun JohnsonSeptember 9
- 1990Godfrey OboabonaAugust 16
- 1990Megan StalterSeptember 15
Sources
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“Belaynesh Oljira”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/belaynesh-oljira, accessed October 26, 2026.
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Questions about Belaynesh Oljira
When was Belaynesh Oljira born?
June 26 1990.
How old would Belaynesh Oljira be today?
36 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on June 26?
Diego Falcinelli, Dustin Martin, Ethan Bear and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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