Tirunesh Dibaba

Tirunesh Dibaba

Dibaba at the 2008 Bislett Games
Personal information
Nationality	Ethiopian
Born	(1985-06-01) 1 June 1985 (age 31) Bekoji, Arsi, Ethiopia
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country	Ethiopia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	5000m, 10000m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	5000m: 14:11.15 WR 10,000m: 29:42.56 4th fastest of all time Half Marathon: 1:06:50  Marathon: 2:20:35 2nd fastest debut of all time
Medal record Representing  Ethiopia Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 0 3 World Championships 5 0 0 World Cross Country Championships 5 3 0 African Championships 2 1 0 World Junior Championships 0 1 0 Total 15 5 3 Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 5000 m 2008 Beijing 10,000 m 2012 London 10,000 m 2004 Athens 5000 m 2012 London 5000 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10,000 m World Championships 2003 Paris 5000 m 2005 Helsinki 5000 m 2005 Helsinki 10,000 m 2007 Osaka 10,000 m 2013 Moscow 10,000 m World Cross Country Championships 2003 Lausanne Junior race 2005 Saint-Galmier Short race 2005 Saint-Galmier Long race 2006 Fukuoka Long race 2008 Edinburgh Senior race 2002 Dublin Junior race 2004 Bruxelles Short race 2007 Mombasa Senior race African Championships 2008 Addis Ababa 10,000 m 2010 Nairobi 10,000 m 2006 Bambous 5000 m

Tirunesh Dibaba also known as Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene (Amharic: ጥሩነሽ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born June 1, 1985) is an Ethiopian long distance track athlete and the outdoor 5000 metres world record holder. She is the current World champion. She has won in total eight world track titles (three Olympic Gold medals and five World Championship Gold medals) and five world cross country titles. She is nicknamed the "Baby Faced Destroyer."

Born in the village of Bekoji, Tirunesh was the 4th of 6 children, and began doing athletics at the age of 14. She was raised in the high-altitude Arsi Province in Ethiopia, but has lived in the capital, Addis Ababa, since 2000.

Tirunesh comes from an athletic family: her older sister, Ejegayehu, won the silver medal in the 10,000m at the 2004 Summer Olympics; her younger sister, Genzebe, won the junior race at the 2008 World Cross Country Championships and holds the indoor world records for 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, and two miles; and brother Dejene is marked as a future star. Tirunesh and Genzebe are the only siblings in recorded history to hold concurrent world records. Their cousin is 1992 and 2000 10000m Olympic champion Derartu Tulu.

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