Fita Bayisa

{{short description|Ethiopian long-distance runner}}

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|birth_date=December 15, 1972

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|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's Athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{ETH}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 1992 Barcelona | 5000 metres}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|1991 Tokyo|5000 m}}

{{MedalBronze|1993 Stuttgart|5000 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|All-Africa Games}}

{{MedalGold |1991 Cairo|5000 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}

{{MedalGold |1990 Plovdiv|5000 m}}

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Fita Bayisa (Amharic: ፊጣ ባይሳ; born December 15, 1972, in Ambo, Oromia)[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/fita-bayissa-1.html Sports Reference Database - Fita Bayisa] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519160839/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/fita-bayissa-1.html |date=2011-05-19 }} is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, best known for winning a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. A year earlier, he had won a silver medal at the World Championships in Tokyo. Before the Olympic Games in Barcelona, Bayisa had emerged as the favourite for 10,000 metres, as he had defeated a world-class field at the Bislett Games in Oslo in a time of 27:14.26 min. However, he failed to make an impact on the 10,000 m final, which was won by Khalid Skah.

Among his other achievements, he was the winner of the 1999 Belgrade Race Through History. He beat Paul Tergat by a second in the unusual race across Belgrade's city fortress.Butcher, Pat (1999-10-13). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=15346.html Fita Bayissa wins Belgrade Race Through History]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-15.

Bayisa was the flag bearer for Ethiopia in the Atlanta 1996 opening ceremony.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/flagbearers?country_id=ETH |title=Flagbearers for Ethiopia |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=19 December 2023}}