![]() Derartu in 2019 | |
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Native name | Daraartuu Tulluu ደራርቱ ቱሉ |
Born | Bekoji, Arsi Province, Ethiopian Empire (now Oromia Region, Ethiopia) | 21 March 1972
Years active | 1990–2011 |
Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)[1] |
Weight | 44 kg (97 lb)[2] |
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Country | Ethiopia |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 10,000 metres |
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President of Ethiopian Athletic Federation | |
Assumed office 14 November 2018 | |
Preceded by | Haile Gebrselassie |
Derartu Tulu NL COL (Oromo: Daraartuu Tulluu, Amharic: ደራርቱ ቱሉ; born 21 March 1972) is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner, who competed in track, cross country running, and road running up to the marathon distance.
Derartu is the first Ethiopian woman and the first black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal. She won 10,000 metres titles at the 1992 Barcelona and 2000 Sydney Olympics, and a bronze in the event at the 2004 Athens Olympics. At the World Championships in Athletics, Derartu took silver in the 10,000 m in 1995, and a gold in 2001. She was a three-time IAAF World Cross Country champion (1995, 1997, 2000).
She has been serving as President of Ethiopian Athletics Federation since 2018.
Derartu comes from a sporting family of several Olympic medalists, which include her nieces Tirunesh, Genzebe and Ejegayehu Dibaba.