Genzebe Dibaba

Genzebe Dibaba
	Genzebe Dibaba in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Genzebe Dibaba Keneni
Born	8 February 1991 (age 33); Chefe, Bekoji, Arsi Province, PDR Ethiopia
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Relative(s)	Tirunesh Dibaba (sister); Ejegayehu Dibaba (sister); Derartu Tulu (cousin)
Sport
Country	Ethiopia
Sport	Women's athletics
Event(s)	1500 metres, 3000 metres, 5000 metres
Team	NN Running Team (2023–)
Coached by	Tolera Dinka
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2012; 1500 m, 22nd (h); 2016; 1500 m, Silver;
World finals	2009; 5000 m, 8th; 2011; 5000 m, 8th; 2013; 1500 m, 7th; 2015; 1500 m, Gold; 5000 m, Bronze; 2017; 1500 m, 12th;
Personal bests	1500 m: 3:50.07 NR (Monaco 2015); Mile: 4:14.30 NR (Rovereto 2016); 3000 m: 8:21.29 (Palo Alto, CA 2019); 5000 m: 14:15.41 (Paris 2015); Indoors; 1000 m: 2:33.06i NR (Madrid 2017); 1500 m: 3:55.17i (Karlsruhe 2014); Mile: 4:13.31i WR (Stockholm 2016); 2000 m: 5:23.75i WB (Sabadell 2017); 3000 m: 8:16.60i WR (Stockholm 2014); Two miles: 9:00.48i WB (Birmingham 2014); 5000 m: 14:18.86i WR (Stockholm 2015);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Ethiopia
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Indoor Championships
Continental Cup
Diamond League
World Junior Championships
World Cross Country Championships

Genzebe Dibaba Keneni (Oromo: Ganzabee Dibaabaa Qananii; Amharic: ገንዘቤ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 8 February 1991) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. A 1,500 metres 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist, she won a gold medal in this event and a bronze in the 5,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships. Genzebe is the current world record holder for the indoor events of the one mile, 3,000m and 5,000m.

Having competed at all World Athletics Championships between 2009 and 2017, Genzebe placed in the finals of all events in which she took part. She is a five-time World Indoor champion, winning the 1,500m in 2012, the 3,000m in 2014 and 2016, and securing the 1,500m/3,000m double in 2018. She was highly successful as a junior athlete. In 2008, at age 17, she won her first World Cross Country Championships under-20 title and took a silver medal in the 5,000m at the World U20 Championships. The next year, Genzebe added her second Cross Country U20 title, and in 2010, the World U20 Championships 5,000m gold. She won the 2015 Diamond League title. She was named Laureus Sportswoman of the Year for 2014,^[2] and IAAF World Female Athlete of the Year in 2015.^[3]

Genzebe comes from a sporting family of several Olympic medalists, which includes her sisters Tirunesh and Ejegayehu, and her cousin, Derartu Tulu.

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