Tirunesh Dibaba

This is an Ethiopian name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Tirunesh.
Tirunesh Dibaba
Tirunesh at the 2008 Bislett Games
Personal information
Native name
Xurunash Dibaabaa
NationalityEthiopian
Born (1985-10-01) 1 October 1985
Bekoji, Arsi Province, Ethiopia
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Spouse
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(m. 2008)​
Children2
Relative(s)Genzebe Dibaba (sister)
Ejegayehu Dibaba (sister)
Derartu Tulu (cousin)
Sport
CountryEthiopia
SportAthletics
Event(s)
5,000 metres, 10,000 metres, half marathon, marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 0 3
World Championships 5 1 0
World Cross Country Championships 4 2 0
African Championships 2 1 0
Total 14 4 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
2017 London 10,000 m
World Cross Country Championships
2003 Lausanne Junior race
2005 Saint-Galmier Long race
2005 Saint-Galmier Short 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
World Marathon Majors
2017 Chicago Marathon
2017 London Marathon
2014 London Marathon
2018 Berlin Marathon

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 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 was the 5,000 metres (outdoor track) world record holder until 2020. She is nicknamed the "baby-faced destroyer."

At the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Tirunesh became the first woman to win the 5000 m and 10000 m at the same championship. 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). With her 2003 World championship title, she became the youngest World Champion at the age of 18 years and 90 days.

Tirunesh comes from a sporting family of several Olympic medalists, which includes her sisters Genzebe, Ejegayehu and Anna, and her cousin, Derartu Tulu. The matriarch of the Dibaba athletics dynasty, Tirunesh is the most decorated of the family.

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