Information about Tirunesh Dibaba
| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
) Dibaba celebrating her 10,000 m victory at the 2007 World Championships. Dibaba celebrating her 10,000 m victory at the 2007 World Championships. | |||
| Women's athletics | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| 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 (born June 1, 1985 in Arsi, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian long distance track athlete.
Born in the village of Chefe, Tirunesh was the 4th of 6 children and was raised in the high-altitude Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region. She moved to the capital, Addis Ababa, in 2000 and at the age of 14 began her athletics career.
Dibaba is part of an athletic family, with older sister Ejegayehu also making her mark on the international stage and brother Dejene marked as a future star. 1992 Olympic champion Derartu Tulu is also their cousin.
International Performances
Dibaba's first fully-international outdoor track event was the 2001 World Athletics Championships. Running at the age of 16, she finished 5th in the 5,000 m.Dibaba's most prestigious performances so far have come in the world championships athletics events of 2003, 2005 and 2007. In 2003, Dibaba won the 5,000 m in a sprint finish against Marta Dominguez of Spain and Edith Masai of Kenya. At the 2005 championships, Dibaba produced a blistering finish to out-sprint compatriot Berhane Adere and her own sister Ejegayehu and also became the first woman to win the 10,000/5000 m double at the same champinships. In 2007, when the championships were held in Osaka, Dibaba again utilised her sprint finish to overhaul Turkey's Elvan Abeylegesse, thus becoming the only woman to win back-to-back 10,000 m titles. In Osaka, Dibaba won with a time of 31:55.41.
At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Dibaba was beaten into third place by Meseret Defar of Ethiopia and Isabella Ochichi of Kenya. The result was considered by some to be a disappointment but at 19, she still became the youngest ever medalist for Ethiopia at the Olympics. At the 2005 World Athletics Championships, Dibaba defeated Defar in a sprint finish having led much earlier than usual. The win ensured that Dibaba became the first ever female athlete to win both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m in the same championship. In 2006 she won five out of six Golden League events (5,000 m) in the same season, which earned her a total of $83,333.
A major feature of Dibaba's running style is an incredible sprint finish. During the final lap of the 10,000 m in 2005, Dibaba was clocked over the closing 400 m in 58.33 seconds. Dibaba is known for not taking the lead in a race until the final lap.
Dibaba is also a remarkably successful cross country runner; she has four IAAF World Cross Country Championships victories, including one junior title (Lausanne, 2003), one short course title (Saint-Galmier, 2005), and two long course titles (Saint-Galmier, 2005, and Fukuoka, 2006).
Meseret Defar
Dibaba is known to have an on-track rivalry with Meseret Defar, and races featuring the two are highly anticipated, but rare, usually, only occurring at championships.Video Interview
- Video Interview of Tirunesh Dibaba after the 100th Millrose Games
- Video Interview of Tirunesh Dibaba before and after 2007 IAAF World Championships 10,000m
Quotes
- "I did it for my country. I was struggling but I told myself to hang in. I didn't want to let down the people back home in Ethiopia." - after a historic come from behind win world championships
- "If it hadn't been a matter of representing my country, I would have dropped out." - After falling on the track during 2007 race.
External links
- International Association of Athletics Federations on Tirunesh Dibaba
- Athletics Africa report
- Addis Tribune report early in her career
- 2005 World Championship 10,000 m report
- Tirunesh Dibaba's profile from Global Athletics
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Benita Johnson | IAAF Women's World Cross Country Champion Long Course 2005 – 2006 | Succeeded by Lornah Kiplagat |
| Preceded by Edith Masai | IAAF Women's World Cross Country Champion Short Course 2005 | Succeeded by Priscah Jepleting |
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Silver 2004 Athens 10,000 m
World Championships
Bronze 2005 Helsinki 5000 m
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Ejegayehu Dibaba (born March 21, 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.
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Bronze 2005 Helsinki 5000 m
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Competitor for Ethiopia
Olympic Games
Gold 1992 Barcelona 10.000 m
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Gold 2001 Edmonton 10.000 m
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Gold 2003 Paris 10000 m
Silver 2001 Edmonton 10000 m
Silver 2005 Helsinki 10000 m
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