MESERET DEFAR

'Meseret Defar' (born November 19, 1983 in Addis Ababa) is a female athlete from Ethiopia.
Defar is currently the world's top-ranked female athlete in IAAF standings.[1]
She won gold in the women's 5000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with a time of 14:45.65.
She won a silver medal at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, losing only to Tirunesh Dibaba.
In 2006 she won the World Indoor Championships over 3000 metres, defending her title from the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
On 3 June 2006 she ran the 5000 metres in New York City in a then-world record time of 14:24.53 - the record was again improved by her to 14:16.63 at the Bislett Games in Oslo on 15 June, 2007.
On 3 February 2007 she ran the 3000 metres Indoor in Stuttgart (Germany) in a world record time of 8:23.72.
On 20 May 2007 she ran the 2 mile in Carson, California in a world record time of 9:10.47.
In 2007 September 1, she won gold in 14:57.91 at 5000m at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, to go along with her Olympic victory and current world record.
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Contents

Video Interview

External reference

References

Video Interview

★ Video Interview of Meseret Defar before and after 2007 IAAF World Championships 5000m

External reference

★
Meseret Defar's Global Athletics profile

References

1. 2007 World Championships
Women 5000m result--- IAAF