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Meseret Defar

Meseret Defar
Women's athletics
Olympic Games
Gold2004 Athens5000 m
World Championships
Gold2007 Osaka5000 m
Silver2005 Helsinki5000 m


Meseret Defar (born November 19, 1983 in Addis Ababa) is a female athlete from Ethiopia.

Defar is currently the world's top-ranked female athlete in IAAF standings.[1]

She won gold in the women's 5000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with a time of 14:45.65.

She won a silver medal at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, losing only to Tirunesh Dibaba.

In 2006 she won the World Indoor Championships over 3000 metres, defending her title from the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

On 3 June 2006 she ran the 5000 metres in New York City in a then-world record time of 14:24.53 - the record was again improved by her to 14:16.63 at the Bislett Games in Oslo on 15 June, 2007.

On 3 February 2007 she ran the 3000 metres Indoor in Stuttgart (Germany) in a world record time of 8:23.72.

On 20 May 2007 she ran the 2 mile in Carson, California in a world record time of 9:10.47. [1]

In 2007 September 1, she won gold in 14:57.91 at 5000m at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, to go along with her Olympic victory and current world record. [2] [3]

In 2007 September 14, she set a world record (8:58.58) in the women's 2-mile at the Van Damme Memorial meet, shaving 11.89 seconds off the 9:10.47 mark she set in May at Carson, Calif. [4]

Video Interview

External reference

Meseret Defar's Global Athletics profile

References

1. ^ Meseret Defar 2mile WR 9:10.47 at Carson - YouTube video
2. ^ 2007 World Championships Women 5000m result--- IAAF
3. ^ 2007 WC 5000m women's - YouTube video
4. ^ Meseret Defar 2mile WR 8:58.58 at IAAF Golden League-Brussels - YouTube video


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Olympic champions in women's 3000 m and 5000 m
3000 m1984: Maricica Puică 1988: Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh 1992: Yelena Romanova
5000 m1996: Wang Junxia 2000: Gabriela Szabo 2004: Meseret Defar
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10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (August 6, 2005 – August 14, 2005), the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983.
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The 5000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20 and August 23.

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Bronze 2004 Athens 5000 m
World Championships
Gold 2003 Paris 5000 m
Gold 2005 Helsinki 5000 m
Gold 2005 Helsinki 10000 m
Gold 2007 Osaka 10000 m

Tirunesh Dibaba
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The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations was held in Moscow from March 10 to March 12, 2006 in the Olimpiyski Sport Complex.
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