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Almaz Ayana

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Almaz Ayana Eba (Oromo: Almaaz Ayyanaa Eebbaa; Amharic: አልማዝ አያና ኤባ, born 21 November 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres and bronze in the 5,000 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Almaz is a four-time World Athletics Championships medallist earning a bronze for the 5,000m in 2013, gold at the event in 2015 as well as gold in the 10,000m and silver in the 5,000m in 2017. She broke the 10,000 metres world record, set in 1993, while winning the gold medal at the Rio Olympics and held it until 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2024). Almaz Ayana is the 3,627th most popular athlete (down from 3,446th in 2024), the 68th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 67th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Ethiopian Athlete.

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Among people born in 1991, Almaz Ayana ranks 368. Before her are Genzebe Dibaba, Mike Trout, Nadech Kugimiya, Kyren Wilson, Park Cho-rong, and Axel Pons. After her are Mitsuteru Kudo, Om Yun-chol, Steve Cook, Otis, Daniëlle van de Donk, and Lewis Dunk.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Almaz Ayana ranks 68 out of 105. Before her are Meseret Defar (1983), Fita Bayisa (1972), Gadi Kinda (1994), Berhane Adere (1973), Sofia Assefa (1987), and Genzebe Dibaba (1991). After her are Julie Mehretu (1970), Gezahegne Abera (1978), Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (1980), Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1984), Pnina Tamano-Shata (1981), and Mohammed Aman (1994).

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Among ATHLETES In Ethiopia

Among athletes born in Ethiopia, Almaz Ayana ranks 19. Before her are Tigst Assefa (1996), Meseret Defar (1983), Fita Bayisa (1972), Berhane Adere (1973), Sofia Assefa (1987), and Genzebe Dibaba (1991). After her are Gezahegne Abera (1978), Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1984), Mohammed Aman (1994), Tesfaye Tola (1974), Tiki Gelana (1987), and Ejegayehu Dibaba (1982).

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