- Mare Dibaba
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Medal record Women's athletics Competitor for 
EthiopiaAll-Africa Games Gold 2011 Maputo Half marathon Mare Dibaba Hurrsa (born 20 October 1989) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running events.
Her first high profile outing came at the Ethiopian 20 km championships in 2007 and she took sixth place, running for Oromia Police.[1] She made her international debut at the 2008 Udine Half Marathon and the eighteen-year-old ran a personal best of 1:10:32 hours for second place behind Anikó Kálovics.[2] Her next run came in November at the New Delhi Half Marathon, where she finished in eighth place but slightly improved her time to 1:10:28.[3]
Mare briefly transferred to compete for Azerbaijan in 2009, running under the name Mare Ibrahimova, but after she was revealed to be overage for the European Athletics Junior Championships she returned to compete for her country of birth.[4][5][6] Among her competitions representing Azerbaijan was a sixth place finish at the 2009 Delhi Half Marathon, at which she much improved her time for the distance by crossing the line in 1:08:45 (an Azerbaijani record).[7]
Having reverted back to her Ethiopian citizenship, she further established herself at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon, coming in second place behind Elvan Abeylegesse.[8] She had led the race at the 20 km mark and her time of 1:03:47 for that point was the fastest recorded by any woman in 2010,[9] while her half marathon time of 1:07:13 was the second fastest of the year.[10] She made her marathon debut in March with a quick 2:25:38 time for third at the Rome Marathon.[11] She won the Rabat Half Marathon in April and made her first appearances in the United States in August, winning the Crim 10-Miler and News and Sentinel Half Marathon.[12] She was one of the leading names at the Frankfurt Marathon but, in spite of a personal best of 2:25:27, she managed only fifth place in the quick-paced race.[13]
Mare managed third place at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in February 2011.[14] Although she was the pre-race favourite at the Los Angeles Marathon in March, she was defeated by both Bezunesh Deba and Amy Hastings and came third with a comparatively slow time of 2:30:25 hours.[15] A month later she won the Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon by a margin of one minute.[16] Although she was not selected for the world championships team that year, she was chosen to represent her country at the 2011 All-Africa Games, where she won the half marathon gold medal in a Games record time of 1:10:47 hours.[17] She improved her marathon best to 2:23:25 hours at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in October, finishing as runner-up behind Koren Yal.[18]
References
- ^ Negash, Elshadai (2007-08-20). Gezhagne and B. Bekele take Ethiopian 20km titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2008-09-29). Barus runs sub-60 in Udine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
- ^ Three go sub-60, as Ethiopia sweep titles in Delhi Half Marathon. IAAF (2008-11-09). Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
- ^ Passport puts Ibrahimova over-age at Euro Juniors. Athletics Weekly (2009-07-23). Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
- ^ Monti, Dave (2010-02-19). Sensational 67:07 Debut by Elvan Abeylegesse at RAK Half Marathon in United Arab Emirates. Run Washington. Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
- ^ Dibaba Mare. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
- ^ Keitany sub-1:07 again, Merga defends in Delhi Half Marathon. IAAF (2009-11-01). Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
- ^ Fairlie, Greg (2010-02-19). Stunning 1:07:07 Half Marathon debut by Abeylegesse Ras Al Khaimah. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
- ^ 20 Kilometres 2010. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
- ^ Half Marathon 2010. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2010-03-21). Ethiopian double as Rome celebrates Bikila – Rome Marathon report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
- ^ Mare Dibaba. Elite Sports Management. Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
- ^ Edwards, Andy (2010-10-31). Fast Kenyan double in Frankfurt; 2:04:57 and 2:23:25. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
- ^ Hutchings, Tim (2011-02-18). Keitany smashes Half Marathon World record in Ras Al Khaimah - UPDATED. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
- ^ Reavis, Tony (2011-03-21). Geneti debuts with 2:06 in LA. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
- ^ Jalava, Mirko (2011-04-25). Merga and Dibaba sweep for Ethiopia in Yangzhou. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-29.
- ^ "15/09/2011 All-Africa Games Maputo 2011: Results Day 5 (Thursday 15th September)". CAA. 15 September 2011. http://www.webcaa.org/eng/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=758. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ Gains, Paul (2011-10-16). Mungara claims fourth Toronto Marathon title. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-17.
External links
- IAAF profile for Mare Dibaba
All-Africa Games Champions in Women's Marathon and Half Marathon 1973 – 2003: Marathon • 2007 – 2011: Half Marathon1995: Jowaine Parrott (RSA) • 1999: Hiywot Gizwa (ETH) • 2003: Clarisse Rasoarizay (MAD) • 2007: Souad Aït Salem (ALG) • 2011: Mare Dibaba (ETH)
Categories:- Living people
- 1989 births
- Ethiopian long-distance runners
- Female long-distance runners
- Ethiopian sportswomen
- Marathon runners
- People from Oromia Region
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