WebTirunesh Dibaba (Oromo: Xirunesh Dibaabaa, Amharic: ጥሩነሽ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 1 June 1985) is an Ethiopian athlete who competed in long-distance track events and international road races. 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 …

WebDame Kelly Holmes DBE OLY (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete.. Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1,500 metres events and won gold medals for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.She set British records in numerous events and still holds the records over the 600, and 1,000 metre distances. …

WebHellen Onsando Obiri (born 13 December 1989) is a Kenyan middle-and long-distance runner.She is a two-time Olympic 5000 metres silver medallist from the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she also placed fourth over the 10,000 metres.She is a two-time world champion after winning the 5000m in 2017 and again in 2019, when she set a new …

WebDerartu Tulu NL COL (Oromo: Daraartuu Tulluu, Amharic: ደራርቱ ቱሉ; born 21 March 1972) is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner, who competed in track, cross country running, and road running up to the marathon distance. She won 10,000 metres titles at the 1992 Barcelona and 2000 Sydney Olympics, and a bronze in the event at the 2004 Athens …

WebThe World Athletics U20 Championships is a biennial world championships for the sport of athletics organised by the World Athletics, contested by athletes in the under-20 athletics age category (19 years old or younger on 31 December in the year of the competition.. The competition was launched as the IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics in 1986 …

Web9 février 2021 [88] Mile Progression: 4 min 13 s 31 (22,87 km/h) Genzebe Dibaba: XL Galan: Stockholm: 17 février 2016 [89] 3 000 m Progression: 8 min 16 s 60 (21,75 km/h) Genzebe Dibaba: XL Galan: Stockholm: 6 février 2014 [90] 5 000 m Progression: 14 min 18 s 86 (20,96 km/h) Genzebe Dibaba: XL Galan: Stockholm: 19 février 2015: 50 m haies ...

WebCareer Early life and career. Kenenisa Bekele was born in 1982 at Bekoji, Arsi Zone, the same town as the Dibaba sisters (Ejegayehu, Tirunesh and Genzebe) and their cousin Derartu Tulu.. In March 2001, he won the IAAF World Junior Cross Country title by a full 33 seconds. Five months later, in August 2001, he set a new 3000 metres world junior …

WebElaine Sandra-Lee Thompson-Herah OD (née Thompson; born June 28, 1992) is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres.Regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time, she is a five-time Olympic champion, the fastest woman alive over the 100 m, and the third-fastest ever over 200 m.. Thompson-Herah is …

WebThe 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics.The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilometers or approximately 15 ⁄ 16 miles. The event is closely …

WebElizabeth Nuttall MBE (née Lynch, formerly McColgan; born 24 May 1964) is a Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete. She won the gold medal for the 10,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships, and a silver medal over the same distance at the 1988 Olympic Games.Her marathon best of 2:26:52 in 1997, stood …