Tirunesh Dibaba
Tirunesh Dibaba (Oromo: Xirunesh Dibaabaa, Amharic: ጥሩነሽ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 1 October 1985) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner athlete who competes in long-distance track events and international road races. She has won three Olympic track gold medals, five World Championship track gold medals, four individual World Cross Country (WCC) adult titles, and one individual WCC junior title. Tirunesh was the 5,000 metres (outdoor track) world record holder until 2020. She is nicknamed the "baby-faced destroyer.
Quotes
[edit]- I have been dreaming of an outdoor world record for ever, now I want them all: the 1500, the 5000, even the 800.
- Everybody expects me to win the gold medal, I have to do it, especially after what my sister has achieved. I have to do the same, if not better.
- I wanted to train more for the outdoor season than the indoor season, so I changed my training totally, I already have natural speed which I don’t need to work on, so in training I’ve been working more on my endurance. Now I think I can run faster outdoors than I previously thought I was capable of.
- Most of the girls can’t stay with me in training, it just has to be guys.
- Famous quotes by »Tirunesh Dibaba,”Tirunesh Dibaba Quotes.” Quotes.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2025. Web. 26 Mar. 2025.
- I never needed to run to school because it was close to home, I never did much running in school. Unlike other Ethiopian runners, I did not have a running childhood.
- Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene- The Record-Breaking Expert,August 7, 2013 ,By Lovelyn Okafor
- This year has been fantastic, and the big bonus is the marriage on top of the Olympics.
- I won the 5k and 10k at the Olympics and would hope I have done enough to win the athlete of the year.
- I want to improve the records for both distances and the hardest to achieve is the 10k
- Athlete Quotes – World Athletics Gala press conferences,23 Nov 2008,Bob Ramsak for the IAAF
- I have never been happier
- I was not even happy in Beijing.No one has ever done what I did today
- Ethiopian Delivers Punishing Kick in 10,000-Meter Race,Aug. 3, 2012,By Jeré Longman
- We have a good coach, who has helped us very much with our training. The coach’s wisdom and the technical activities we do in Bekoji have helped it to produce so many good athletes.
- There’s always a lot of competition, so whenever I win a race at that distance, I’m really thrilled.
- The passion hasn’t decreased
- Running is in my blood and I still get the same feeling whenever I go out for training that I always have done. It’s always there.
- Born to run: Ethiopia’s golden girl Dibaba,January 2, 2013,Paul Gittings
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