Complex sentence: Simon Bairu (born 8 August 1983) is a former Canadian long-distance runner born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to an Ethiopian mother and an Eritrean father.
Split into simpler sentences: Simon Bairu (born 8 August 1983) is a Canadian long-distance runner. Bairu was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to an Ethiopian mother and an Eritrean father.