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Mare Dibaba
Ethiopian long-distance runner
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2012 olympic marathon results
The article properly refers to the person by her given name, Mare, and not as Dibaba.
Mare Dibaba Hurrsa (born 20 October 1989) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing.
Dibaba is not related to track Olympic champion, world record holder and compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba.[1]
Biography
Her first high-profile outing came at the Ethiopian 20 km championships in 2007 and she took sixth place, running for Oromia Police.[2] She made her international debut at the 2008 Udine Half Marathon and the eighteen-year-old ran a personal best of 1:10:32 hours for second place behind Anikó Kálovics.[3] Her next run came in November at the New Delhi Half Marathon, where she finished in eighth place but slightly improved her time to 1:10:28.[4]
Mare briefly transferred to compete for
