Ejegayehu Dibaba

Ejegayehu Dibaba

Personal information
Native name	Ijigaayoo Dibaabaa
Birth name	እጅጋዬሁ ዲባባ
Born	(1982-03-21) 21 March 1982 (age 42) Bekoji, Arsi Province, Ethiopia
Relative(s)	Tirunesh and Genzebe Dibaba (sisters), Derartu Tulu (cousin)
Sport
Country	Ethiopia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long-distance running
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Ethiopia Olympic Games 2004 Athens 10,000 m World Championships 2005 Helsinki 5000 m 2005 Helsinki 10,000 m Afro-Asian Games 2003 Hyderabad 10,000 m All-Africa Games 2003 Abuja 10,000 m African Championships 2008 Addis Ababa 10,000 m 2002 Radès 5000 m World Cross Country Championships 2004 Brussels Senior race

Ejegayehu Dibaba Keneni (Oromo: Ijigaayoo Dibaabaa; Amharic: እጅጋዬሁ ዲባባ, born 21 March 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Ejegayehu earned bronze medals in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres events at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. She took gold medals in the 10,000 m at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games and All-Africa Games.

Ejegayehu comes from a sporting family of several Olympic medalists, including her sisters Tirunesh and Genzebe, and her cousin Derartu Tulu.^[1]