Almaz Ayana

Ethiopian distance runner

Key facts

Born: ( 1991-11-21 ) 21 November 1991 (age 34) , Wenbera , Benishangul-Gumuz Region , Ethiopia
Height: 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight: 47 kg (104 lb)
Country: Ethiopia
Sport: Athletics
Event: Long-distance running
Team: NN Running Team (2022–)
Olympic finals: 2016 Rio 5000 m, Bronze 10,000 m, Gold
World finals: 2013 Moscow 5000 m, Bronze 2015 Beijing 5000 m, Gold 2017 London 5000 m, Silver 10,000 m, Gold
Personal bests: 5000 m : 14:12.59 ( Rome 2016) 10,000 m : 29:17.45 ( Rio de Janeiro 2016) Road Half marathon : 65:30 ( Lisbon 2023) Marathon : 2:17:20 ( Amsterdam 2022)

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Almaz Ayana Eba (Oromo: Almaaz Ayyanaa Eebbaa; Amharic: አልማዝ አያና ኤባ, born 21 November 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres and bronze in the 5,000 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Almaz is a four-time World Athletics Championships medallist earning a bronze for the 5,000m in 2013, gold at the event in 2015 as well as gold in the 10,000m and silver in the 5,000m in 2017.

She broke the 10,000 metres world record, set in 1993, while winning the gold medal at the Rio Olympics and held it until 2021. At the 2017 World Championships in London, Almaz won the title in the 10,000m, finishing 46 seconds ahead of the runner-up. She finished third in both the 5,000m and 10,000m on the respective world all-time lists. In 2016, she was voted IAAF Female World Athlete of the Year.