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Tirunesh Dibaba (Oromo: Xirunesh Dibaabaa, Amharic: ጥሩነሽ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 1 October 1985) is an Ethiopian athlete who competes in long-distance track events and international road races.
May 28, 2024 · Tirunesh Dibaba (born June 1, 1985, near Bekoji, Arsi province, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian distance runner who at the 2008 Beijing Olympics became the first woman to win gold in both the 5,000-metre and 10,000-metre races.
Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibada is the youngest female world champion in the history of athletics, the first woman to achieve the Olympic 5,000m/10,000m double, and the first to successfully defend a long-distance title at the Games.
Aug 12, 2013 · With a seemingly effortless performance, Tirunesh Dibaba earned her fifth IAAF World Championships gold medal at the Luzhniki Stadium, adding to her already enviable curriculum vitae. It all began 10 years ago while she was still a bright eyed 18-year-old as she was the surprise winner of 5000m gold medal in Paris.
Aug 2, 2005 · When Tirunesh Dibaba beat a world class field to become the youngest ever World Championship gold medalist over the 5000m in Paris 2003, her victory was called the surprise of the championships.
Aug 4, 2012 · Tirunesh Dibaba’s 10,000-meter victory made her a three-time Olympic gold medal winner and may establish her as history’s greatest female distance runner.
Tirunesh DIBABA, Ethiopia
Tirunesh Dibaba is an Ethiopian athlete who competes in long-distance track events and international road races. She has won three Olympic track gold medals, five World Championship track gold medals, four individual World Cross Country (WCC) adult titles, and one individual WCC junior title.
Tirunesh Dibaba is on the short list of any compilation of greatest female distance runners. At four Olympics (2004-16), she won six Olympic medals, with gold medals in the 5,000 and 10,000 in 2008 and repeated as 10K champion in 2012.
Jul 1, 2005 · Growing up in the little town of Bekoji, home of distance runners like Kenenisa Bekele and her cousin Derartu Tulu, Tirunesh Dibaba used to enthuse over stories of Ethiopian victories in major...
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