Letesenbet Gidey, born on 20 March 1998, is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. In the 10,000 metres she won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, silver at the 2019 World Championships and the world title in 2022. She holds the half marathon world record, set in October 2021 in her first race at the distance, and was the first athlete of either sex to hold the 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres and half marathon world records at the same time. She recorded the fastest women's marathon debut in history at the 2022 Valencia Marathon, finishing in 2:16:49.
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is an Ethiopian long-distance runner
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is an Ethiopian long-distance runner
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born 20 March 1998
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Letesenbet became the first woman to break the 64 and 63-minute barriers in the half marathon
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she is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist, 2019 World silver medallist, and 2022 World champion
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is an Ethiopian long-distance runner
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she is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist
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2019 World silver medallist, and 2022 World champion
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