Genzebe Dibaba Keneni, born on 8 February 1991, is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. She won the 1,500 metres and took bronze in the 5,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships, and won silver in the 1,500 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She is a five-time World Indoor champion and holds the world indoor records for the one mile, the 3,000 metres and the 5,000 metres. She won the 2015 Diamond League title and was named IAAF World Female Athlete of the Year in 2015. She comes from a family of Olympic medallists that includes her sisters Tirunesh and Ejegayehu.
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is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner
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is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner
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born 8 February 1991
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IAAF World Female Athlete of the Year in 2015
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She is a five-time World Indoor champion
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is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner
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A 1,500 metres 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist
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she won a gold medal in this event and a bronze in the 5,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships
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