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Tirunesh Dibaba (Oromo:
Xirunesh Dibaabaa, Amharic: ጥሩነሽ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 1
October 1985) is an
Ethiopian long
distance runner athlete who
competes in long-distance...
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Dibaba is an
Oromo name.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Tirunesh Dibaba,
Ethiopian long-distance
runner who has
achieved multiple Olympic and...
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sporting family of
several Olympic medalists,
which include her
nieces Tirunesh,
Genzebe and Eje****ehu Dibaba.
Derartu Tulu grew up
tending cattle in the...
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through 15K was 2:57 per kilometre. She
lowered by more than 2
minutes Tirunesh Dibaba's 2009
world record set also at the
Zevenheuvelenloop in 46:28,...
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broke it
again in 2007 and held it
until 2008, when
fellow Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba beat her time. In 2007 on a
track in
Brussels Belgium, she became...
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medalists Meseret Defar,
Derartu Tulu,
Almaz Ayana,
Genzebe Dibaba and
Tirunesh Dibaba.
Ethiopia has
added more
events to the list of its
prominence in...
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achieved the feat:
Derartu Tulu won her
second title in 2004 and
Tirunesh Dibaba had back-to-back wins in 2008 and 2012.
Derartu Tulu is the only...
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Meseret Defar winning in
Athens in 2004,
taking silver behind compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba in 2008,
before regaining the
title in
London in 2012.
Defar and...
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podium on
three occasions:
Defar was also the 2008
bronze medallist,
Tirunesh Dibaba won
medals from 2004 to 2012, and
Paavo Nurmi won
medals in the...
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sisters Tirunesh and
Genzebe are also
international long-distance athletes, and
brother Dejene is
marked as a ****ure star. Like her
sister Tirunesh, her...
