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Ejegayehu Dibaba

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Ejegayehu Dibaba Keneni (Oromo: Ijigaayoo Dibaabaa; Amharic: እጅጋዬሁ ዲባባ, born 21 March 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Ejegayehu earned bronze medals in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres events at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. She took gold medals in the 10,000 m at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games and All-Africa Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Ejegayehu Dibaba is the 4,189th most popular athlete (down from 3,667th in 2024), the 77th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 72nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Ethiopian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ejegayehu Dibaba ranks 4,189 out of 6,025. Before her are Libor Charfreitag, Sergei Bulygin, Carlos Mercenario, Igor Hinić, Philipp Schoch, and Ainārs Kovals. After her are Lidia Șimon, Johannes Vetter, Uta Rohländer, Hans-Peter Steinacher, Tahar Tamsamani, and Max Hoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Ejegayehu Dibaba ranks 806. Before her are Rubén González, Nadia Meiher, Miljan Mrdaković, Denis Kolodin, Denis Buntić, and Pavel Brutt. After her are Max Hoff, Alex Raphael Meschini, Sandra Oxenryd, Angela Zhang, Roberto Colautti, and Alexandre Alphonse.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Ejegayehu Dibaba ranks 77 out of 105. Before her are Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (1980), Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1984), Pnina Tamano-Shata (1981), Mohammed Aman (1994), Tesfaye Tola (1974), and Tiki Gelana (1987). After her are Mare Dibaba (1989), Tariku Bekele (1987), Tsegaye Kebede (1987), Selemon Barega (2000), Abeba Aregawi (1990), and Kalkidan Gezahegne (1991).

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Among ATHLETES In Ethiopia

Among athletes born in Ethiopia, Ejegayehu Dibaba ranks 25. Before her are Almaz Ayana (1991), Gezahegne Abera (1978), Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1984), Mohammed Aman (1994), Tesfaye Tola (1974), and Tiki Gelana (1987). After her are Mare Dibaba (1989), Tariku Bekele (1987), Tsegaye Kebede (1987), Selemon Barega (2000), Abeba Aregawi (1990), and Kalkidan Gezahegne (1991).

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