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Tirunesh Dibaba

1 June 1985 – present

Tirunesh Dibaba is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who won three Olympic gold medals and five world titles on the track. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics she became the first woman to win the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres at the same Games, and she retained the 10,000 metres title in London in 2012. She later moved to road racing, running 2:17:56 at the 2017 London Marathon.

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Born in Bekoji, Arsi Province, Ethiopia
1 June 1985

Born into a family that produced several international distance runners.

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Won the 5000 metres at the World Championships in Paris
August 2003

At eighteen she became the youngest world champion in the event at the time.

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Won both races at the World Cross Country Championships
March 2005

Took the short and long course titles at the championships in Saint-Étienne.

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Won the 5000 and 10,000 metres at the World Championships in Helsinki
August 2005

Completed a track distance double at a single world championships.

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Married the runner Sileshi Sihine
2008
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Won Olympic gold in the 5000 and 10,000 metres in Beijing
August 2008

The first woman to win both distances at the same Olympic Games.

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Retained the Olympic 10,000 metres title in London
3 August 2012

She also took bronze in the 5000 metres at the same Games.

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Won Olympic bronze in the 10,000 metres in Rio de Janeiro
12 August 2016
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Finished second at the London Marathon in 2:17:56
April 2017

The time was the third fastest by a woman at the date of the race.

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