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Ejegayehu Dibaba (born March 21, 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance athlete. Her younger sister Tirunesh is also a successful long-distance athlete. She is born in Bekoji as the third child of six, her cousin is the double olympic goldmedailwinner (1992 und 2000) Derartu Tulu. Her seize is 1,60 m and her weight 46 kg. March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tirunesh Dibaba (born June 1, 1985) is an Ethiopian long distance track athlete. ...

Achievements

2005 World Championships in Athletics - bronze medals (5000 m and 10000 m)
2004 Olympic Games - silver medal (10000 m)
2nd World Athletics Final - third place (5000 m)
2003 World Championships in Athletics - ninth place (10000 m)

Categories: 1982 births | Living people | Ethiopian athletes | Long-distance runners | Athletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Ethiopian athletics biography stubs Helsinki Olympic Stadium at the opening day of the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. ... (Redirected from 2004 Olympic Games) The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, commonly known as the 2004 Summer Olympics were the 28th Summer Olympic Games. ... The 2nd IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Stade Louis II, in Monte Carlo, Monaco on September 18, and September 19, 2004. ... The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from August 23 to August 31, 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. ...

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Ejegayehu Dibaba (120 words)
	Ejegayehu, the younger sister of Tirunesh, is the third athlete in view and the medals were won as the above picture depicts.
	The inset photo shows the four Ethiopians bunched together at the bell, with Ejegayehu tucked in behind sister Tirunesh (204).
	It was the second bronze that Ejegayehu won at the Championships, having won the 10000m bronze a week earlier.

Ethiopian squad flies back home to hero's welcome (2182 words)
	Meseret Defar of Ethiopia and compatriots Tirunesh Dibaba and Ejegayehu Dibaba (L-R) display their medals during the award ceremony for the women's 5,000 metres at the world athletics championships in Helsinki August 13, 2005.
	Dibaba sprinted to victory in a championship record 14 minutes 38.59 seconds while Defar was second and elder sister Ejegayehu third.
	Dibaba's team mate and Olympic 5,000 meters champion Meseret Defar was second and her elder sister Ejegayehu was third.

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