Isabella is pictured above at the 2006 Grand Prix Final in Stuttgart. She finished in third place
in the 5000m behind the Ethiopians Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar. Earlier in the year
Ochichi had won the 5000m gold at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.
.
| 2006 Commonwealth Games. |
| Women's 5000m. final. |
| |
|
|
. |
|
| 1. Isabella Ochichi |
|
KEN |
|
14: 57.84 |
| 2. Jo Pavey |
|
ENG |
|
14: 59.08 |
| 3. Lucy Wangui |
|
KEN |
|
15: 00.20 |
| 4. Eloise Wellings |
|
AUS |
|
15: 00.69 |
| 5. Sarah Jamieson |
|
AUS |
|
15: 02.90 |
| 6. Ines Chenonge |
|
KEN |
|
15: 12.34 |
| 7. Courtney Babcock |
|
CAN |
|
15: 44.22 |
| 8. Zakia Mrisho |
|
TAN |
|
15: 50.87 |
|
|
|
Women's 5000m.
2006 Grand Prix Final
|
| 1. Tirunesh Dibaba |
|
ETH |
|
16: 04.77 |
| 2. Meseret Defar |
|
ETH |
|
16: 04.78 |
| 3. Isabella Ochichi |
|
KEN |
|
16: 07.39 |
| 4. Ejegayehu Dibaba |
|
ETH |
|
16: 07.87 |
| 5. Vivian Cheruiyot |
|
KEN |
|
16: 07.95 |
| 6. Meselech Melkamu |
|
ETH |
|
16: 08.03 |
| 7. Edith Masai |
|
KEN |
|
16: 08.56 |
| 8. Mestawet Tufa |
|
ETH |
|
16: 09.29 |
| |
Isabella is pictured above during the 5000m final at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
She won the silver medal in a time of 14: 48.19, seperating the two Ethiopians Meseret Defar
and Tirunesh Dibaba who won the gold and bronze.
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| Olympic Games 2004. |
| Women's 5000m. Final. |
| |
|
|
. |
|
| 1. Meseret Defar |
|
ETH |
|
14: 45.65 |
| 2. Isabella Ochichi |
|
KEN |
|
14: 48.19 |
| 3. Tirunesh Dibaba |
|
ETH |
|
14: 51.83 |
| 4. Yelena Zadorozhnaya |
|
RUS |
|
14: 55.52 |
| 5. Joanne Pavey |
|
GBR |
|
14: 57.87 |
| 6. Gulnara Samitova |
|
RUS |
|
15: 02.30 |
| 7. Irina Mikitenko |
|
GER |
|
15: 03.36 |
| 8. Yingjie Sun |
|
CHN |
|
15: 07.23 |
| |
PERSONAL BEST TIMES.
3000 Metres 8:31.32 Paris Saint-Denis 23 JUL 2004
5000 Metres 14:38.21 Bruxelles 26 AUG 2005
10,000 Metres 31:29.43 Bambous 13 AUG 2006
10 Kilometres 30:27 New Orleans, LA 26 MAR 2005
15 Kilometres 47:45 Zaandam 18 SEP 2005
20 Kilometres 1:05:30 Praha 02 APR 2016
Half Marathon 1:08:38 Nice 22 APR 2001
25 Kilometres 1:24:43 Amsterdam 20 OCT 2013
30 Kilometres 1:42:53 Amsterdam 20 OCT 2013
Marathon 2:29:45 Honolulu, HI 13 DEC 2015