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Tirunesh Dibaba
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Ethiopian long distance track athlete
Key facts
- Native name
- Xurunash Dibaabaa
- Nationality
- Ethiopian
- Born
- ( 1985-06-01 ) 1 June 1985 (age 41) , Bekoji , Arsi Province , Ethiopia
- Height
- 166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
- Weight
- 50 kg (110 lb)
- Spouse
- Sileshi Sihine ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 26 October 2008</span>"}]]}'>2008 )
- Relative s
- Genzebe Dibaba (sister), Ejegayehu Dibaba (sister), Derartu Tulu (cousin)
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event s
- 5,000 metres , 10,000 metres , half marathon , marathon
- Personal bests
- 5000 m : 14:11.15 ( 3rd fastest all-time ) 10,000 m : 29:42.56 ( 7th fastest all-time ) Marathon : 2:17:56 ( 16th fastest all-time )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Ethiopia
- Place of birth
- Bekoji
- Spouse
- Sileshi Sihine
- Sibling
- Ejegayehu Dibaba
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- Amharic
- Participant in
- athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Ethiopia
- Mass
- 50
- Official website
- www.tiruneshdibaba.net
- Image
- Tirunesh Dibaba Bislett Games 2008.jpg
- Height
- 166
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- Commons category
- Tirunesh Dibaba
- date of birth
- 1985-06-01
- sports discipline competed in
- marathon
- relative
- Derartu Tulu
- social media followers
- 15811
- name in native language
- Xirunesh Dibaabaa
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Encyclopedic overview
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing5000 m
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