Almaz Ayana

Almaz Ayana

Almaz at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing
Personal information
Born	(1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 32) Wenbera,[1] Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia[2]
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	47 kg (104 lb)[3]
Sport
Country	Ethiopia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long-distance running
Team	NN Running Team (2022–)
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2016 Rio 5000 m,  Bronze 10,000 m,  Gold
World finals	2013 Moscow 5000 m,  Bronze 2015 Beijing 5000 m,  Gold 2017 London 5000 m,  Silver 10,000 m,  Gold
Personal bests	5000 m: 14:12.59 (Rome 2016) 10,000 m: 29:17.45 (Rio de Janeiro 2016) Road Half marathon: 65:30 (Lisbon 2023) Marathon: 2:17:20 (Amsterdam 2022)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Ethiopia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10,000 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro 5000 m World Championships 2015 Beijing 5000 m 2017 London 10,000 m 2017 London 5000 m 2013 Moscow 5000 m Diamond League 2016 5000 m African Championships 2014 Marrakech 5000 m Representing Africa Continental Cup 2014 Marrakech 5000 m

Almaz Ayana Eba (Oromo: Almaaz Ayyanaa Eebbaa; Amharic: አልማዝ አያና ኤባ, born 21 November 1991^[4]) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres and bronze in the 5,000 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Almaz is a four-time World Athletics Championships medallist earning a bronze for the 5,000m in 2013, gold at the event in 2015 as well as gold in the 10,000m and silver in the 5,000m in 2017.

She broke the 10,000 metres world record, set in 1993, while winning the gold medal at the Rio Olympics and held it until 2021. At the 2017 World Championships in London, Almaz won the title in the 10,000m, finishing 46 seconds ahead of the runner-up. She finished third in both the 5,000m and 10,000m on the respective world all-time lists. In 2016, she was voted IAAF Female World Athlete of the Year.

Almaz set the fastest ever women's marathon debut at the 2022 Amsterdam Marathon.