Ejegayehu Dibaba

Ejegayehu Dibaba
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Ethiopia
Olympic Games
World Championships

Ejegayehu Dibaba Keneni (Amharic: እጅጋዬሁ ዲባባ;Afaan Oromo: Ijigaayahuu Dibaabaa; born 21 March 1982 in Bekoji) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.

She is an Ethiopian long-distance runner from the high-altitude Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region. She is the third child of six, her younger sisters Tirunesh and Genzebe are also international long distance athletes, and brother Dejene is marked as a future star. Like her sister Tirunesh, her aunt Derartu Tulu is a double Olympic gold medalist (1992 and 2000).

Career

Ejegayehu beat her cousin to take the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics, her two bronze medals at 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 Memorial Peppe Greco in September 2010 and took second place behind 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 easily winning her marathon debut.[2] Ejegayehu Dibaba is 1.60 m tall and weighs 46 kg.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event
2002	African Championships	Radès, Tunisia	3rd	5000 m
2003	World Cross Country Championships	Lausanne, Switzerland	9th	Short race
	World Cross Country Championships	Lausanne, Switzerland	2nd	Team competition
	World Championships	Paris, France	9th	10,000 m
	Afro-Asian Games	Hyderabad, India	1st	10,000 m
	Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games	Abuja,Nigeria	1st	10,000 m
2004	World Cross Country Championships	Lausanne, Switzerland	10th	Short race
			1st	Team competition
			2nd	Long race
			1st	Team competition
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	2nd	10,000 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd	5000 m
2005	World Cross Country Championships	St Etienne, France	14th	Short race
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	5000 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	10,000 m
2006	World Cross Country Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	14th	Long race
2006	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	4th	5000 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	6th	10,000 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	14th	10,000 m
2008	2008 African Championships in Athletics	Addis Ababa,Ethiopia	2nd	10,000 m

Personal bests

3000 metres - 8:35.94 min (2006)
5000 metres - 14:32.74 min (2004)
10,000 metres - 30:18.39 min (2005)
Half marathon - 1:16:40 hrs (2001)
Marathon - 2:22:09 hrs (2011)

References

Zorzi, Alberto (27 September 2010). "Soi and Kibet take victories in Scili". 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.

Ejegayehu Dibaba at World Athletics

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[1] Zorzi, Alberto (27 September 2010). "Soi and Kibet take victories in Scili". IAAF. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

[2] 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.