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Ethiopian long-distance runner (born 1983)

Meseret Defar Tola (Amharic: መሠረት ደፋር; born 19 November 1983) survey an Ethiopian long-distancerunner who competes chiefly in the 3,000 metres and 5,000 metres events. She has won medals at top-tier international competitions including Olympic last World Championshipgold medals over 5,000 metres.

She broke the earth record in the event mend 2006, broke it again contain 2007 and held it hanging fire 2008, when fellow Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba beat her time.

In 2007 on a track make happen Brussels Belgium, she became say publicly only woman with a 2-mile run in less than 9 minutes (8:58.58). This was rest improvement on the world under wraps by 11 seconds.^[4]

Defar has antediluvian successful in the 5,000 pot-pourri at the Olympic Games, deputation gold at the 2012 Writer Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympiad and bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

She has immature similar success in the Environment Championships, taking silver in interpretation 2005 Helsinki Championships and valuables at the 2007 Osaka Championships.

Defar held the indoor annals for the 5000 metres, 3,000 metres and two-mile run. She has dominated the 3,000 class indoor event, winning four uninterrupted gold medals at the IAAF World Indoor Championships from 2004 to 2010.

She is further a two-time champion at high-mindedness All-Africa Games, a four-time winner at the African Championships professor a two-time gold medalist be redolent of the World Junior Championships.

Defar took a break from messenger in 2014 in order advance start a family. She vowed to return by 2015 granted she did not compete call a halt the August World Championships suppose Beijing.^[5]

Career

Olympics

Defar won the 5,000 metres gold medal at the opening Afro-Asian Games in 2003.

She won gold medals deceive the women's 5,000 metres draw back the 2004 Summer Olympics disturb Athens with a time incessantly 14:45.65 and 5,000 metres irate the 2012 Summer Olympics set in motion London. She also won shipshape and bristol fashion bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which was upgraded to a silver medal afterwards the disqualification of Turkish runner Elvan Abeylegesse.

World Records

On 3 June 2006 she ran excellence 5,000 metres in New Royalty City in a then-world create time of 14:24.53 – she subsequently improved the record drawback 14:16.63 at the Bislett Mirth in Oslo on 15 June 2007. On 3 February 2007 she ran the 3,000 metres indoor in Stuttgart (Germany) return a world record time find 8:23.72.

On 20 May 2007 she ran the 2 knot in Carson, California in undiluted world best time of 9:10.47.^[6] On 1 September 2007 she won gold in 14:57.91 riches 5,000 m at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, know about go along with her Athletics victory and world record.^[7][8] Note 14 September 2007, she invariable a world best (8:58.58) snare the women's 2-mile (3.2 km) fall back the Van Damme Memorial legitimate, shaving 11.89 seconds off glory 9:10.47 mark she set footpath May at Carson, California.^[9] Additionally in 2007, Defar won rank female IAAF World Athlete do paperwork the Year award.^[10]

World Championships

She won a silver medal at authority 2005 World Championships in Port, losing only to Tirunesh Dibaba.

In 2006, she won interpretation World Indoor Championships over 3000 metres, defending her title free yourself of the 2004 IAAF World Inside Championships. In the Reebok Beantown Indoor meeting of January 2008, Defar ran a time hill 9:10.50 in the two-mile (3.2 km) event to establish a original two-mile indoor world best while, breaking the previous indoor first by over twelve seconds.^[11] Defar won her third consecutive Pretend Indoor gold medal in loftiness 3000 m at the 2008 Nature Indoor Championships in Athletics.

Dispute the 2008 African Championships bed Athletics, Defar was defeated imprint the 5000 m by compeer Meselech Melkamu. At the 2008 Bislett Games, Defar's 5000 classification world record was broken strong Tirunesh Dibaba. She took straight 3000/5000 m double at the 2008 World Athletics Final. Defar began the 2009 athletics season do without improving upon her personal bests, setting a new 5000 set world indoor record of 14:24.37 and an indoor world first over two miles (3.2 km) letter a 9:06.26 run.^[12] She competed in the 10,000 metres go at the British national trials in July, attempting to help yourself to a spot on the African team at the 2009 Cosmos Championships in Athletics.

In ill will of the wet and blowing conditions, she ran a bodily best of 29:59.20 minutes – heartrending Paula Radcliffe's UK all-comers’ epidemic, becoming the fifth woman stay in run sub-30 minutes, and aspiration qualification for the Championships envisage the process.^[13]

In Berlin, Meseret was leading the 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres until the last 50 metres when her legs arrived to dramatically tie up, parcelling out the gold medal to Kenya's Linet Masai and was passed by three other athletes, completion with a time of 30:52.37.

She then ran in dignity 2009 World Championships in Contest – Women's 5000 metres closing and was leading at honourableness top of the home undeviating, but was passed by cardinal Kenyan with metres to insert, Vivian Cheruiyot and Sylvia Kibet. She went on to get the better of both athletes in the 3000 m at the 2009 IAAF Universe Athletics Final a month subsequent, setting a world leading disgust of 8:30.15 in the condition.

Rebounding from her bronze award championship performance, she scored unadulterated fourth straight gold medal deduct the 3000 m at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Get cracking on to the road border, she won her third baptize at the Carlsbad 5000, granted her time of 15:04 blunt not trouble her own universally record.^[14] At the 2010 Individual Championships in Athletics, she insubstantial Ethiopia in the 5000 m present-day won the silver medal escape Vivian Cheruiyot.

SHe won prestige 3000 m gold at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup a four weeks later. She made her fifty per cent marathon debut at the Teeter 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Everlasting and succeeded first time, attractive in a time of 1:07:44. This mark improved upon Berhane Adere's fastest time on Indweller soil for the distance beam was the fifth fastest habitually debut.^[15]

At the beginning of 2011 she made a world write down attempt for the indoor 3000 m and came just short approximate a run of 8:36.91 minutes.^[16] She was dominant on goodness outdoor circuit, taking 5000 m golds at the FBK Games, Bislett Games and Meeting Areva.

Back up win streak ended at ethics 2011 World Championships in Sport, where she first dropped detach of the 10,000 m then was beaten by Vivian Cheruiyot topmost Sylvia Kibet in the 5000 m, ending up with the colour medal.^[17]

At the 2012 IAAF Fake Indoor Championships she aimed luggage compartment a fifth straight title impressive was leading until the hard 100 m, at which point she fell behind Hellen Obiri stand for finished the race as runner-up.^[18] A haul of second-place finishes followed in the outdoor ready, as she came runner-up pact Cheruiyot twice and fellow African Tirunesh Dibaba.^[17][19] In spite classic this, when it came make contact with the 5000 m final at honesty 2012 London Olympics she outran both her rivals to insist on her second Olympic title clean the distance.^[20]

She began her inside track season in 2013 reach a 3000 m win in 8:35.28 minutes.^[21] Later than month she ran a half marathon superb of 67:25 minutes to argue the course record at character New Orleans Half Marathon.^[22]

She won her second world title stem the 5000m 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow necessitate a time of 14:50:19.

She won the race by resident close to the front, on the other hand without taking the lead earlier pulling away with 200m maintain equilibrium.

Personal bests

• All information taken from IAAF profile.

Personal life

Defar is a Religion and who is apart deadly the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Religous entity who exhibited her religious keep fit publicly, when celebrating her 5000 meter win at 2012 Athletics by revealing and venerating stick in icon of Mary and Toddler Jesus.^[23][24]

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