Hendrick Ramaala

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Full Name: Date of Birth:	Hendrick  Ramaala 1972/02/02
Height:	1.72m
Weight:	59kg
Player Achievements:	Marathon - 2 hours 08 minutes 58 sec; Half-marathon - 59 min 29 sec national records (half-marathon, 10 000 m) International medals - Marathon team bronze at the World Championships in Paris in 2003 Two silver medals at the World half-marathon championships (1998, 1999) Participated in two Olympic games (1996 qnd 2000) and in four World Athletics Championships (1995, 1997, 1999 and 2003)
Description:	career goal - to be number ONE in the World in my event (the marathon)
Olympic Hero:	Emil Zatopek, winner of three gold medals in the same Olympics (1952 in Helsinki in the 5 000, 10 000m and marathon)
Favourite Olympic Moment:	The 10 000m race at the Sydney Olympics (2000), when Gebreselassi beat Tergat in a photo finish. And when Abebe Bikila won the Rome Olympic marathon in 1960, running bare feet.