Who ran barefoot in the Olympic Marathon of 1960 and was also the first man to win two consecutive Olympic Marathons?

Answer 1

Abebe Bikila was an Ethiopian double Olympic marathon champion. He won the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome while running barefoot, setting a world record. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Abebe was the first person to successfully defend an Olympic marathon title and broke his own world record.