Birhane Dibaba (born 11 September 1993) is an Ethiopian

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who competes in

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events.

Biography

At the

2014 Tokyo Marathon The 2014 Tokyo Marathon () was the eighth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, Japan and was held on Sunday, 23 February. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event to be held that year and represented th ...

, Birhane Dibaba ran a personal best time of 2:22:30 hours for second place, behind Ethipion teammate

Tirfi Tsegaye Tirfi Tsegaye Beyene (born 25 November 1984) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. She has won the Berlin Marathon, the Paris Marathon (in a course record), the Tokyo Marathon (also in course-record time), and the ...

. At the

2015 Tokyo Marathon The 2015 Tokyo Marathon () was the ninth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, Japan and was held on Sunday, 22 February. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event to be held that year and represented the ...

, Birhane ran a time of 2:23:15 hours for first place. As a result of this marathon win, she was selected for the Ethiopian women's marathon team along with three other 2015 women's marathon winners at the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

. She competed in the women's marathon at the

2017 World Championships in Athletics The 2017 IAAF World Championships, the sixteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 4 to 13 August at London Stadium in London, United Kingdom. London was officially awarded the championships on 11 November 2011. Bidding p ...

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* 1993 births Living people Ethiopian female long-distance runners Tokyo Marathon female winners Ethiopian female marathon runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ethiopia 21st-century Ethiopian sportswomen {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub