Mare Dibaba

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by her given name, Mare, and not as Dibaba.
Mare Dibaba
Dibaba in the 2014 Boston Marathon
Personal information
Born (1989-10-20) 20 October 1989 (age 35)
Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Height1.51 m (4 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight38 kg (84 lb)
Sport
Country Ethiopia
SportAthletics
EventMarathon
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Marathon
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Beijing Marathon
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo Half marathon

Mare Dibaba Hurrsa (born 20 October 1989) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing. Dibaba is not related to track Olympic champion, world record holder and compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba.[1]

  1. ^ "Mare Dibaba". Runner's World. Retrieved 14 August 2016.