Sifan Hassan

Sifan Hassan
Hassan running at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. She is a black woman with dreadlocks, wearing a running outfit with her name on the front.
Hassan at the 2023 Chicago Marathon
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 (age 31)[1]
Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia
EmployerNike
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportAthletics
Event(s)Middle-, long-distance running
Coached byTim Rowberry
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
  • 2016 Rio de Janeiro
  • 800 m, h (21st)
  • 1500 m, 5th
  • 2020 Tokyo
  • 1500 m,  Bronze
  • 5000 m,  Gold
  • 10,000 m,  Gold
  • 2024 Paris
  • 5000 m,  Bronze
  • 10,000 m,  Bronze
  • Marathon,  Gold
World finals
  • 2015 Beijing
  • 800 m, sf (9th)
  • 1500 m,  Bronze
  • 2017 London
  • 1500 m, 5th
  • 5000 m,  Bronze
  • 2019 Doha
  • 1500 m,  Gold
  • 10,000 m,  Gold
  • 2022 Eugene
  • 5000 m, 6th
  • 10,000 m, 4th
  • 2023 Budapest
  • 1500 m,  Bronze
  • 5000 m,  Silver
  • 10,000 m, 11th
Highest world ranking
  • No. 1 (overall, 2019)[2]
  • No. 1 (1500 m, 2019)[3]
  • No. 1 (5000 m, 2019)[4]
  • No. 1 (10,000 m, 2019)[5]
  • No. 1 (road running, 2019)[6]
  • No. 2 (marathon, 2024)[7]
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 10,000 m
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Marathon
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 10,000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha 10,000 m
Silver medal – second place 2023 Budapest 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Beijing 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017 London 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Budapest 1500 m
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Portland 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Birmingham 3000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Birmingham 1500 m
Diamond League
First place 2015 1500 m
First place 2019 1500 m
First place 2019 5000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Zürich 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2018 Berlin 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Zürich 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2016 Amsterdam 1500 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Prague 1500 m
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Belgrad U23 race
Gold medal – first place 2015 Hyères Senior race
Continental Cup
Representing Europe Europe
Gold medal – first place 2014 Marrakech 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ostrava 3000 m
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place 2023 London Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2023 Chicago Marathon

Sifan Hassan (Oromo: Siifan Hassan; born January 1993[8][9]) is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner.[10] She is most recognized for her versatility in running championship and world-leading performances in widely disparate distances. She completed an unprecedented triple at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, winning gold medals in both the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres and a bronze medal for the 1,500 metres. Hassan is the only athlete in Olympic history to win medals across a middle-distance event and both long-distance races in a single Games. She is only the second of three women to complete an Olympic distance double.[11][12] At the Paris 2024 Olympics, Hassan secured a bronze medal in both the women's 5,000 m[13] and 10,000 m events and gold in the women's marathon, becoming the only woman to win the Olympic gold medal in the 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres and Marathon races.[14]

At the World Athletics Championships, Hassan took 1,500 m and 10,000 m titles in 2019, becoming the only athlete (male or female) in history to win both events at a single World Championships or Olympic Games.[15] She won a bronze at the 1500 m in 2015, and at the 5000 m in 2017, when she also finished fifth in the 1,500 m. Hassan is a three-time World Indoor Championships medallist, winning gold at 1500 m in 2016 as well as silver at 3000 m and bronze for 1500 m in 2018. She earned six European medals (including two cross country titles), and one European indoor medal. She is also a three-time Diamond League winner, having secured the 1500 m/5000 m double in 2019. In her debut over the classic 26.2-mile distance, she won the 2023 London Marathon.

Hassan has been the world record holder for the one hour run since 2020.[16] She held the world record for the one mile on the track from July 2019 to July 2023, when Faith Kipyegon overtook it.[17][18] She held a world record at 10,000 m for two days in June 2021.[19][20] She holds six European records (1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m, half marathon, marathon) and three other Dutch records.

  1. ^ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/sifan-hassan_1972105 [bare URL]
  2. ^ "World Rankings Women's Overall Ranking", World Athletics, 3 September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. ^ "World Rankings Women's 1500m (Mile-2000m-Road Mile)", World Athletics, 16 July 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  4. ^ "World Rankings Women's 5000m (3000m-2 Miles-5km)", World Athletics, 26 February 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  5. ^ "World Rankings Women's 10,000m (10km)", World Athletics, 7 May 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  6. ^ "World Rankings Women's Road Running Half Marathon-10km (15km-10M-20km)", World Athletics, 29 October 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  7. ^ "World Rankings Women's Marathon (Half Marathon-25km-30km)", World Athletics, 4 June 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Sifan HASSAN – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Who is Sifan Hassan? Completes Historic Olympic Performance with Marathon Gold, Sets New Record". Jagranjosh.com. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Dutch distance runner Sifan Hassan is about to blow our minds | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  11. ^ Whittington, Jess (7 August 2021). "History-maker Hassan completes medal treble in Tokyo". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  12. ^ Henson, Mike (4 January 2022). "'I was just so happy to survive' – Hassan reflects on epic Olympic treble bid". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Hassan takes bronze in the 5,000, the first of her three Olympic distance races. Chebet wins gold". 5 August 2024.
  14. ^ Carayol, Tumaini (11 August 2024). "Sifan Hassan caps remarkable Olympics with women's marathon gold by 3 sec". theGuardian.com. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  15. ^ Dutch, Taylor (5 October 2019). "Sifan Hassan Wins Unprecedented World Championship Double; Houlihan Sets American Record". Runner's World. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  16. ^ "Program 2019 – Diamond League – Monaco". monaco.diamondleague.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Hassan breaks world mile record in Monaco with 4:12.33 - IAAF Diamond League". World Athletics. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  18. ^ "FLASH: Kipyegon obliterates world mile record with 4:07.64 in Monaco". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  19. ^ "Sifan Hassan: Dutch athlete breaks 10,000m world record by more than 10 seconds". BBC Sport. 6 June 2021. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Letesenbet Gidey breaks 2-day-old world record in 10,000m". OlympicTalk. NBC Sports. 8 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2021.