Genzebe Dibaba

Genzebe Dibaba

Genzebe Dibaba in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Genzebe Dibaba Keneni
Born	(1991-02-08) 8 February 1991 (age 33) Chefe, Bekoji, Arsi Province, PDR Ethiopia
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)[1]
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 0 Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 1500 m World Championships 2015 Beijing 1500 m 2015 Beijing 5000 m World Indoor Championships 2012 Istanbul 1500 m 2014 Sopot 3000 m 2016 Portland 3000 m 2018 Birmingham 1500 m 2018 Birmingham 3000 m Continental Cup 2014 Marrakech 3000 m Diamond League 2015 5000 m World Junior Championships 2010 Moncton 5000 m 2008 Bydgoszcz 5000 m World Cross Country Championships 2008 Edinburgh Junior race 2008 Edinburgh Junior team 2009 Amman Junior race 2009 Amman Junior team 2010 Bydgoszcz Junior team 2011 Punta Umbria Senior team 2017 Kampala Mixed relay 2007 Mombasa Junior team

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 aunt Derartu Tulu.