How tall is Haile Gebrselassie?
Ethiopian long-distance runner and businessman (born 1973)
Recorded height
165 cm 5′5″ · 1.65 m · 65.0 inches
165 cm 5′5″ · 1.65 m · 65.0 inches
- Haile Gebrselassie is 165 cm tall (5′5″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved .
- That is 10 cm shorter than the average U.S. man (175.3 cm, 5′9″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).
Compared with people of similar fame
James Milner (175 cm) · Kazuyoshi Miura (175 cm) · Willian (175 cm) · Lautaro Martínez (174 cm) · Hajime Moriyasu (174 cm) · Sócrates (192 cm)
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Haile Gebrselassie vs James Milner · Haile Gebrselassie vs Kazuyoshi Miura · Haile Gebrselassie vs Willian · Haile Gebrselassie vs Lautaro Martínez
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Height as recorded on Wikidata (CC0), retrieved August 27, 2026. Recorded heights of real people are approximate. Silhouettes are stylized pictograms, not likenesses.