Ejegayehu Dibaba
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Native name | Ijigaayoo Dibaabaa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth name | እጅጋዬሁ ዲባባ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bekoji, Arsi Province, Ethiopia | March 21, 1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relative(s) | Tirunesh and Genzebe Dibaba (sisters), Derartu Tulu (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Ethiopia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ejegayehu Dibaba Keneni (
long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Ejegayehu earned bronze medals in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres events at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. She took gold medals in the 10,000 m at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games and All-Africa Games
.
Ejegayehu comes from a sporting family of several Olympic medalists, including her sisters Tirunesh and Genzebe, and her cousin Derartu Tulu.
Career
Ejegayehu Dibaba is an
athletes, and brother Dejene is marked as a future star. Like her sister Tirunesh, her cousin Derartu Tulu
is a double Olympic gold medallist (1992 and 2000).
Ejegayehu beat her cousin to take the silver medal in the
IAAF World Championships in Athletics
were behind her sister winning the gold in the final sprint.
She took part in a 7 km race at the
Sylvia Kibet.[1]
Ejegayehu made her debut over the marathon distance at the 2011 Chicago Marathon and defeated Kayoko Fukushi by 2 minutes, 29 seconds in making her marathon debut at 2:22:09, the third fastest debut time and easy win.[2] Ejegayehu Dibaba is 1.60 m tall and weighs 46 kg.
International competitions
Personal bests
- 3000 metres - 8:35.94 (London 2006)
- 5000 metres - 14:32.74 (Bergen 2004)
- 10,000 metres - 30:18.39 (Sollentuna 2005)
- Half marathon - 1:16:40 (Tequila 2001)
- Marathon - 2:22:09 (Chicago, IL 2011)
References
- IAAF. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Ferstle, Jim (9 October 2011). "Mosop and Shobukova scorch to Chicago titles - UPDATED". IAAF. Retrieved 7 May 2016. Although she finished second, she was subsequently awarded the win in 2014 when Lilya Shobukova was subsequently disqualified for a doping scheme. See Doping in Russia for details on Shobukova's incident leading to disqualification.