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Meseret DEFAR

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Country

Ethiopia

Born

19 NOV 1983 (42y YRS)

1X

Diamond League Champion

6x

Diamond League Meeting Winner

Performance

Personal Best

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Women's 1500 Metres 4:02.00 Icahn Stadium, New York, NY (USA) 12 JUN 2010
Women's 5000 Metres 14:12.88 Stockholm (SWE) 22 JUL 2008

All Diamond League Performances

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Result Wind Pl. Venue Date R.S.
14:37.32 - 1. Bislett Stadion, Oslo (NOR) 09 JUN 2011 1207
14:29.52 - 1. Stade de France, Paris-St-Denis (FRA) 08 JUL 2011 1223
Result Wind Pl. Venue Date R.S.
8:30.29 - 1. Olympiastadion, Stockholm (SWE) 22 AUG 2013 1207
Result Wind Pl. Venue Date R.S.
14:47.76 - 2. Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai (CHN) 18 MAY 2013 1187
14:26.90 - 1. Bislett Stadion, Oslo (NOR) 13 JUN 2013 1228
14:32.83 - 1. Letzigrund, Zürich (SUI) 29 AUG 2013 1216
Result Wind Pl. Venue Date R.S.
8:46.49 - 2. Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (QAT) 11 MAY 2012 1151
Result Wind Pl. Venue Date R.S.
14:35.65 - 2. Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) 31 MAY 2012 1211
14:57.02 - 2. Icahn Stadium, New York, NY (USA) 09 JUN 2012 1169
Result Wind Pl. Venue Date R.S.
4:02.00 - 2. Icahn Stadium, New York, NY (USA) 12 JUN 2010 1189
Result Wind Pl. Venue Date R.S.
8:36.09 - 2. Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne (SUI) 08 JUL 2010 1187
Result Wind Pl. Venue Date R.S.
14:42.46 - 1. Olympiastadion, Stockholm (SWE) 06 AUG 2010 1197

Honours

2x Olympic champion
2x World champion
1x Olympic Games silver medallist
1x Diamond League Final winner
1x World Championships silver medallist
2x World Championships bronze medallist
1x In top 8 at World Championships
2x All-African Games winner
1x African champion
3x African Championships silver medallist
6x Diamond League meeting winner
1x Diamond Trophy winner
4x World Records in career