Tirunesh Dibaba
- January 11, 2024
- Long-distance Runner
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Tirunesh Dibaba Biography
| Birthday | Jun 1 |
| Birth Year | 1985 |
Tirunesh Dibaba is one of the most popular and richest Long-Distance Runner who was born on June 1, 1985 in Bekoji, Ethiopia. Dibaba committed to run the Chicago Marathon on 8 October. She won a gold medal during the 40th edition of the marathon, with a time of 2:18:30.
Dibaba won two gold medals in March at the World Cross Country Championships in Saint-Galmier, France. She was the second woman, the other being Sonia O’Sullivan, to win two events since these championships began in 1998.
Tirunesh was born in the village of Bekoji, Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region and the fourth of six children. She is a member of the Oromo ethnic group. She began doing athletics at the age of 14. She was raised in the high-altitude Arsi Zone in Oromia, Ethiopia but has lived in Addis Ababa, the capital, since 2000.
Dibaba’s first fully international outdoor event as a junior was the 2001 World Cross Country Championships (WCCC) in Ostend, Belgium where, at the age of 15, she finished fifth.
Tirunesh Dibaba, also known as (oromo: xirunesh Dibaabaa Qananii), (Amharic: ጥሩነሽ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 1 June 1985) is an Ethiopian athlete who competes in long- distance track events and international road races. She is the 5000 metres (outdoor track) world record holder. She has won three Olympic track gold medals, five World Championship track gold medals, four individual World Cross Country (WCC) adult titles, and one individual WCC junior title. She is nicknamed the “Baby Faced Destroyer.”
Tirunesh Dibaba Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Long-Distance Runner |
| House | Living in own house. |
Tirunesh Dibaba is one of the richest Long-Distance Runner from Ethiopia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tirunesh Dibaba 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Dibaba earned a US$25,000 bonus for breaking her own 5000 metres indoor world record at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games on 27 January, with a finish time of 14:27.42. Tirunesh’s 1000 metre split times were 2:55.28 – 2:53.2 – 2:51.5 – 2:56.68 – 2:46.4. She held this record until Meseret Defar broke it on 18 February 2009 in Stockholm with a finish time of 14:24.37.
At the Reebok Boston Indoor Games in January, Dibaba set a world record in the 5000 meters with a finish time of 14:32.93. This was 6.36 seconds faster than the previous world record set by Berhane Adere. Finishing second was Dibaba’s sister Ejegayehu, over 25 seconds behind. She faded during the last 1000 metres after running with Tirunesh through 4000 metres in a hand-timed 11:46.2. Tirunesh’s 1000 metre splits were 2:56.0 – 2:55.2 – 3:00.0 – 2:55.0 – 2:46.8.
Dibaba won the 10,000 metres at the Summer Olympics in Beijing on 15 August. Her finish time of 29:54.66 broke the existing Olympic record of 30:17.49, which had been set by cousin Derartu Tulu at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In addition, her finish time was the second fastest 10,000 metres of all time and an African record. The previous African record of 30:04.18 was set by Berhane Adere at the 2003 World Championships.
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At the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki Finland, she became the first women to win the 5000 m and 10000m at the same championship. She is the one of two women (the other Sonia O’Sullivan) who won the short and long course World Cross Country title at the same championship (2005 in Saint Galmier, France). With her 2003 World championship title, she became the youngest World Champion with the age of 18 years and 90 days.
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Tirunesh Ranked on the list of most popular Long-Distance Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ethiopia. Tirunesh Dibaba celebrates birthday on June 1 of every year.
Dibaba was named the 2008 Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News. The IAAF awarded its Female Performance of the Year to Dibaba and Czech javelin thrower Barbora Špotáková. Dibaba was nominated for IAAF World Athlete of the Year, which was won instead by Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva for the third time.