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Also known as Genzebe Dibaba Keneni

Ethiopian distance runner

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Full name
Genzebe Dibaba Keneni
Born
( 1991-02-08 ) 8 February 1991 (age 35) , Chefe, Bekoji , Arsi Province , PDR Ethiopia
Height
168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight
52 kg (115 lb)
Relative s
Tirunesh Dibaba (sister), Ejegayehu Dibaba (sister), Derartu Tulu (cousin)
Country
Ethiopia
Sport
Women's athletics
Event s
1500 metres , 3000 metres , 5000 metres
Team
NN Running Team (2023–)
Coached by
Tolera Dinka
Olympic finals
2012 1500 m, 22nd (h) 2016 1500 m, Silver
World finals
2009 5000 m, 8th 2011 5000 m, 8th 2013 1500 m, 7th 2015 1500 m, Gold 5000 m, Bronze 2017 1500 m, 12th

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Encyclopedic overview

Genzebe Dibaba Keneni (Oromo: Ganzabee Dibaabaa Qananii; Amharic: ገንዘቤ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 8 February 1991) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. A 1,500 metres 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist, she won a gold medal in this event and a bronze in the 5,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships. Genzebe holds the world record for the indoor events of the one mile, 3,000m and 5,000m.

Having competed at all World Athletics Championships between 2009 and 2017, Genzebe placed in the finals of all events in which she took part. She is a five-time World Indoor champion, winning the 1,500m in 2012, the 3,000m in 2014 and 2016, and securing the 1,500m/3,000m double in 2018. She was highly successful as a junior athlete. In 2008, at age 17, she won her first World Cross Country Championships under-20 title and took a silver medal in the 5,000m at the World U20 Championships. The next year, Genzebe added her second Cross Country U20 title, and in 2010, the World U20 Championships 5,000m gold. She won the 2015 Diamond League title. She was named Laureus Sportswoman of the Year for 2014, and IAAF World Female Athlete of the Year in 2015.

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