Meb Keflezighi Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Wife & More

Bio
Real Name	Mebrahtom "Meb" Keflezighi
Nickname	Marathon Meb
Profession	Marathon Runner
Physical Stats & More
Height	in centimeters- 165 cm in meters- 1.65 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 5”
Weight	in Kilograms- 58 kg in Pounds- 127 lbs
Body Measurements (approx.)	- Chest: 38 Inches - Waist: 28 Inches - Biceps: 13 Inches
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Bald
Track and field
Turned Pro	2001
International Debut	2004 Olympics
Coach/Mentor	Bob Larsen
Events	Marathon, 10000 m
Club	New York Athletic Club
Achievements (main ones)	• 2009 New York City Marathon, 2:09:15 • 2014 Boston Marathon, 2:08:36
Career Turning Point	2004 Summer Olympics
Personal Life
Date of Birth	May 5, 1975
Age (as in 2016)	41 Years
Birth Place	Asmara, Eritrea
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Taurus
Nationality	American
Hometown	Mammoth Lakes, California
School	San Diego High School
College	UCLA
Educational Qualifications	Graduate (2008) Mass Communication and Business
Family	Father- Russom Keflezighi Mother- Awetash Keflezighi Brother- Merhawi Keflezighi (Meb's Manager, a UCLA undergraduate)
Religion	Christianity
Ethnicity	African-American
Hobbies	Running, reading, biking, eating and socializing
Favourite Things
Favourite Post-run sncak	Chocolate power bars
Favourite Post-run food	An omelette with avocado and turkey
Favourite Song	‘Empire State of Mind’ by Jay Z
Girls, Family & More
Marital Status	Married
Children	Daughters- Sara, Fiyori and Yohana SonN/A
Sexual Orientation	Straight
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known
Wife	Yordano

Some Lesser Known Facts About Allyson Felix

• Does Meb Keflezighi smoke?: Not Known

• Does Meb Keflezighi drink alcohol?: Not Known

• Meb Keflezighi, originally, is from the country Eritrea (in the Horn of Africa). He and his family, in 1987, came to the United States via Italy.

• Meb is the third eldest son out of the ten children in his family and his father Rossom was a revolutionary in the freedom of Eritrea, due to which, he had to move to Adi Beyani to escape Ethiopian soldiers and their brutal massacres.

• Due to the ongoing war, Meb used to regularly come across death of Eritrean friends and neighbors.

• Keflezighi saw the first car of his life when he was 10 years old and ran away from it because he thought it’s a death machine.

• It was Meb’s mother that wanted to flee from Eritrea as she was afraid that her activist husband might be killed by the Ethiopians.

• Rossom, his father, stayed in Milan, Italy for 5 years until he could afford to bring his family there. In 1986, at the age of 11, Meb watched TV for the first time and was appalled, that how can so many people fit in such a small box.

• They were 8 family members when they moved to a 3-bedroom apartment a year later and grew into a family of 12 members living there.

• Meb’s dad happened to be a very dedicated father who would do as many jobs as he can but would ask of the kids to just focus on their homework and school.

• Running since his school in San Diego, Meb made his way to UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010.

• Meb is a three times national Cross Country champion, winning the US Cross Country Championship in 2001, 2002 and 2009.

• Post 1983, Kelezighi was the first American to win the Boston Marathon. His victory was glorified by the fact that the competition consisted of African favorites which he left behind, making his personal best of 2:08:37.

• Mr. Meb is the only Marathoner to have won the Boston Marathon, the New York Marathon and an Olympic Medal.

• He does not train in the traditional way, instead he has a nine-day cycles training. He also does fitness and core-strengthening routines and fuels his body with high protein and five servings of fruit.

• Meb has released an autobiography called Run to Overcome, that is co-written with Dick Patrick. 

• He has been a champion, despite the fact that he has had his hip broken in the 2008 Olympics Trials, which makes running really hard actually. Many thought it was the end of career.

• He told that he stays in pain for four days after the marathons.

• When he finished ninth because he ignored his coach’s advice and ran out of energy in the final stage, he said to him, “You just saw me running my last marathon”. Of course, it wasn’t!

• He has appeared on Late Night with David Letterman.

• Meb had never run before he landed in the US.

• He had the names of the bombing victims written on his bib during a race.

• He also is the oldest person to win a marathon.

• Kegleghi was attacked by a German Shepherd dog, who attacked on his neck and Meb thought its the end of his life

• Meb’s had his first job at McDonalds in the US.

• He runs along a bicycle at the speed that he needs to maintain to win a marathon.

• He trains for around seven hours, out of which running is the easy part.