She said, "Although I trained a lot together with my husband for this race, a roadrace is something different. She is a member of the Oromo ethnic group. [30] Dibaba was nominated for IAAF World Athlete of the Year, which was won instead by Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva for the third time.[31]. Tirunesh's finish time was 31:03.37.[25]. Tirunesh Dibaba. She won world cross-country titles in 2006 and 2008 and broke the 5,000-metre world indoor record (14 min 27.42 sec) in 2007, but in the latter year she had to summon a furious finish to defend her 10,000-metre world title after she fell during the race. ... After 10 kilometres, I pressed the pace and in the final three kilometres it felt like flying. [49], She was in good form in May at the Great Manchester Run, setting a course record and an Ethiopian record of 30:49 to win this 10 kilometre road race. [38], She won the two-mile race at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on 4 February[39] and took her second career win at the Carlsbad 5000 road race in April. Tirunesh Dibaba (Amharic: ጥሩነሽ ዲባባ ቀነኒ, Oromo: xirunesh Dibaabaa Qananii; born 1 June 1985) is an Ethiopian athlete who competes in long-distance track events and international road races. Only Paula Radcliffe has run faster, 2:15:25 at the mixed-gender 2003 London Marathon. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. She was the 5000 metres (outdoor track) world record holder. [60][61], Dibaba made her marathon debut at the 2014 London Marathon. [8] Meseret Defar won both races. [23] Dibaba bettered Meseret Defar's world record by 5.48 seconds. During the 10,000 metres race at the World Championships in Osaka, Dibaba again used her sprint finish to overhaul Turkey's Elvan Abeylegesse,[20] whose second-place finish here was expunged in 2017 for doping. Dibaba's 1000 metre splits were as follows:[71], Dibaba committed to run the Chicago Marathon on 8 October. With her 2003 World championship title, she became the youngest World Champion at the age of 18 years and 90 days. Finishing second was Dibaba's sister Ejegayehu, over 25 seconds behind. [d][28], Dibaba was named the 2008 Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News. She faded during the last 1000 metres after running with Tirunesh through 4000 metres in a hand-timed 11:46.2. [66], In perhaps the greatest 10,000 metres race of all time,[67] Dibaba ran the fourth fastest time in history while winning the bronze medal. Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba will attempt to become the first athlete to win three gold medals over 10,000-meters, her agent tells LetsRun.com. Her pacer, however, quit at the 1 kilometre mark, and she finished in 9:13.17, seven seconds off the record. [72] She won a gold medal during the 40th edition of the marathon, with a time of 2:18:30. Let's check, How Rich is Tirunesh Dibaba in 2020-2021? [b] Her finish time of 29:54.66 broke the existing Olympic record of 30:17.49,[26] which had been set by cousin Derartu Tulu at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The bronze is for my son. Dibaba's finish time was 31:55.41. In May, Dibaba won the only Ethiopian national track championship of her senior career. In 2003 Dibaba won the world junior cross-country title, set a 5,000-metre junior world record (14 min 39.94 sec), and secured the gold in the 5,000 metres at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) world track and field championships, becoming the youngest-ever world champion in her sport. Dibaba said, "I was a bit tired after Paris and did not train well. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. [37], A stress fracture in her right leg kept Dibaba out of competition for 16 months. She was the second woman, the other being Sonia O'Sullivan, to win two events since these championships began in 1998. Both of us have run many times, and they told us that they wanted upcoming athletes to have a chance, and we agreed with that. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Dibaba moved to Addis Ababa in 2000 to live with Ejegayehu and another cousin, who was also a runner. I had learned my lesson. This made her the third fastest woman ever in a marathon. Only event finals are counted. Ethiopia left London with a total of 7 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze), sharing the same records with Beijing and Athens, respectively. "[49], After the Olympics, she returned to road racing on 16 September at the BUPA Great North Run, a Gold Label Road Race in northern England. One week later, Dibaba broke the championships record while defeating Meseret Defar and sister Ejegayehu to win the 5000 metres and become the first woman to win the 10,000/5000 metres double at the same World Championships. She is the one of two women (the other Sonia O'Sullivan) who won the short and long course World Cross Country title at the same championship (2005 in Saint Galmier, France). Her height is 5 ft, 5 in and weight is Under review lb. Ethiopian icon Tirunesh Dibaba looks to add to family's legacy at Rio 2016 The 31-year-old is attempting to become the first athlete to win three gold medals over 10,000m. When I broke the world record at 5000 meters, I had good pacemakers. She had one of the fastest ever half marathon debuts while winning in a time of 1:07:35. [16]:278, Six days later, Tirunesh defeated her sister Ejegayehu by 0.68 seconds in the 10,000 metres at the Golden Spike Grand Prix in Ostrava, Czech Republic. "[6], At the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki Finland, she became the first woman to win the 5000 m and 10000 m at the same championship. [18] She also won the 5000 metres at the World Athletics Final. At the track and field world championships, she became the first woman to win a distance double, leading Ethiopian medal sweeps in the 10,000 metres and the 5,000 metres, running sub-59-second last laps in both races. In October 2008 Dibaba married two-time men’s 10,000-metre Olympic silver medalist Sileshi Sihine. Dibaba on 27 June ran her last 10,000 metre race before the World Championships at the Golden Spike Ostrava in the Czech Republic. In explaining her decision to skip the race, she denied that she was avoiding longtime rival Meseret Defar, saying, "The [Ethiopian athletics] federation asked us to just run one race each, and that's why I left that race. Lucy Wangui Kabuu from Kenya ran a personal best and finished in second place, 22 seconds behind Dibaba. She began competing in athletics at the age of fourteen. Omissions? Scroll below and check more details information about Current Net […] This was 6.36 seconds faster than the previous world record set by Berhane Adere. Dibaba also broke the Ethiopian national record (and her previous personal best) by 19 seconds. I would have liked to have broken the meet record.... Running alone is a bit tough. )[68][65] The next 9 finishers each set an area record (Molly Huddle of the U.S.), a national record (Cheruiyot of Kenya, Sarah Lahti of Sweden, Diane Nukuri of Burundi), or a personal best. [57][58], Three days later in Tilburg, Netherlands, Dibaba attempted to break Paula Radcliffe's 10 kilometer road race world record of 30:21. Just nine days later on 6 July at the Diamond League meeting in Paris, Dibaba clocked the fastest 5000 metres by any woman since 2008: 14:23.68. In October 2003, she won two 10,000m titles at the 8th All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria and the 1st Afro-Asian Games in Hydrabad, India. At the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Dibaba finished fourth. [8] Recalling the race, Dibaba said, "I competed in Paris only because I had the 'A' standard. In addition, her finish time was the second fastest 10,000 metres of all time and an African record. Fourth place finisher Alice Aprot Nawowuna of Kenya ran the fifth fastest time (29:53.51) in history. Tirunesh Dibaba (née le 1 er juin 1985 à Bekoji dans la province de l'Arsi) est une athlète éthiopienne, spécialiste des courses de fond. Discover more from the Olympic Channel, including video highlights, replays, news and facts about Olympic athlete Tirunesh DIBABA. She defeated the marathon gold medalists from the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2011 World Championships, Tiki Gelana and Edna Kiplagat, respectively, even though both ran personal bests. Tirunesh Dibaba was born on the 1st of October, 1985. [62] Dibaba stopped briefly near the 30 kilometre mark to pick up a dropped water bottle. Teammate Almaz Ayana smashed Wang Junxia's 22 year old (and controversial) world record (29:31.78) by 14.33 seconds on her way to the gold medal in a time of 29:17.45. [51], In February, Dibaba hoped to break the indoor 2 mile world record at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston. After the race, Dibaba said, "I'm not very pleased today. Trouvez les Tirunesh Dibaba images et les photos d’actualités parfaites sur Getty Images. Dibaba finished second in the junior race at the 2002 WCCC in Dublin, Ireland before winning that race in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2003. Genzebe Dibaba took the lead after the last pacer dropped out, but she quit the race with 600 metres remaining. The next day, however, she was unable to finish the short race. One more medal was redistributed after the games ended due to doping cases. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please check back soon for updates. Dibaba said after the race, "With this first race [of the year], I am happy. [50], Dibaba closed her year on 18 November with a win at the ABN-AMRO Zevenheuvelenloop in Nijmegen, Netherlands, setting the fastest time that season for the 15 kilometre distance. 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