Tsahaye Bahta Tela | |
Fullname: | Tsahaye Bahta Tela |
Birth Date: | c. 1932 |
Birth Place: | Italian Eritrea |
Death Date: | 25.09.1985 |
Death Place: | Ethiopia |
Tsahaye Bahta Tela (Tigrinya: ጸሃዬባህታ; c. 1932-?) was a former Eritrean cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1]
Bahta and his friend Mesfen Tesfaye were the first Eritrean natives to compete in the Olympic cycling competition. After his sporting career, he served with the Ethiopian National Defense Force, and later as a merchant.[2]