Genzebe DIBABA

Genzebe DIBABA - Ethiopia - Finalist at 2013 World Championships in Moscow in 1500m

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 11 August 2013

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Friday, 08 February 1991
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Bekiji, Ethiopia.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Ethiopia
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Genzebe DIBABA - Ethiopia - Finalist at 2013 World Championships in Moscow in 1500m

Genzebe Dibaba  in her semi final of the women's 1500m in Moscow,

where she finished eight in the final.  In 2012 she won the 1500m title

at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul.  In 2014 she won the 3,000m

World Indoor title in Poland.

 

 1 Abeba AREGAWI
 SWE  4:02.67
 2  Jennifer SIMPSON  USA  4:02.99
 3  Hellen Onsando OBIRI  KEN  4:03.86
 4  Hannah ENGLAND  GBR  4:04.98
 5  Faith Chepngetich KIPYEGON  KEN  4:05.08
 6  Ekaterina SHARMINA  RUS  4:05.49
 7  Zoe BUCKMAN  AUS  4:05.77
 8 Genzebe DIBABA  ETH  4 :05.99
  

On 17th July in Monoco 2015 Genzebe Dibaba set her first World Record when she ran 3m 50.98 seconds

in the 1,500 metres, to better Yunxia Qu's record of 3:50.46, which had stood since September 1993.