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Ethiopian female Olympic long-distance runner

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Born: 1983-11-19

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Type: Person

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Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,734x
Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,036x
Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 4,061x
Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study
· 2021 · cited 2,419x
Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2024 · cited 1,761x

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Key facts

Nationality: Ethiopian
Born: ( 1983-11-19 ) 19 November 1983 (age 42) , Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
Height: 155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight: 42 kg (93 lb)
Country: Ethiopia
Sport: Athletics
Event s: 3000 metres , 5000 metres

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Key dates

Born: 19 November 1983

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: Ethiopia
Place of birth: Addis Ababa
Occupation: athletics competitor
Languages spoken: Amharic
Participant in: athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – women's 5000 metres
Sport: athletics
Country for sport: Ethiopia
Mass: +45

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Olympic Games

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World Athletics U20 Championships

2012 Summer Olympics

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1983 births African Games athletes for Ethiopia African Games gold medalists for Ethiopia African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)Athletes from Addis Ababa Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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2008 Summer Olympics

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2004 Summer Olympics

World Athletics

World Athletics Championships

list of world records in athletics

2007 World Championships in Athletics

2005 World Championships in Athletics

Sanya Richards-Ross

World Athletics Indoor Championships

2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships

World Athlete of the Year

athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – women's 5000 metres

Diamond League winners

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians

Ethiopian women long-distance runners

IAAF Continental Cup winners

IAAF World Athlete of the Year

IAAF World Athletics Final winners

Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Olympic athletes for Ethiopia

Olympic gold medalists for Ethiopia

Olympic gold medalists in athletics

Olympic silver medalists for Ethiopia

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2007 World Championships in Athletics – women's 5000 metres

Yelena Isinbayeva

2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

2008 Summer Olympics medal table

Ethiopia at the Olympics

Debbie Scott-Bowker

athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – women's 5000 metres

2013 World Championships in Athletics – women's 5000 metres

August 2008 in sports

2012 IAAF Diamond League

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