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 Almaz at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 November 1991 Wenbera,[1] Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 47 kg (104 lb)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | NN Running Team (2022–) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Almaz Ayana Eba (Oromo: Almaaz Ayyanaa Eebbaa; Amharic: አልማዝ አያና ኤባ, born 21 November 1991[4]) is an Ethiopian female 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.
- ^ Haileegziabher Adhanom. 'This is just the beginning' Ethiopia's distance queen Almaz Ayana insists. August 7, 2017. Association Internationale De La Presse Sportive.
- ^ "Rome: Ayana, the feather of 5000 meters". IAAF Diamond League. 26 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Almaz Ayana". Rio2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Almaz AYANA – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.