Meseret Defar Tola (Amharic: መሠረት ደፋር; born 19 November 1983) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes chiefly in the 3,000 metres and 5,000...

Meseret (Amharic: መሰረት) is a female or male given name of Ethiopian origin that may refer to: Meseret Defar (born 1983), Ethiopian long-distance runner...

World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, 1.05 seconds behind Meseret Defar and just 0.05 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Vivian Cheruiyot. In...

sub-four-minute mile pace. The women's record is 8:58.58, set by Ethiopian Meseret Defar in Brussels, Belgium on 14 September 2007. Correct as of October 2024...

the feat; Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar of Ethiopia and Vivian Cheruiyot and Hellen Obiri of Kenya. Meseret Defar's five medals - 2 gold, a silver...

into the lead and the pace began to accelerate quickly. Ethiopia's Meseret Defar and Kenya's Isabella Ochichi came immediately to the front of the pack...

became the first with his back-to-back wins in 1972 and 1976, while Meseret Defar became the first woman to win two titles in 2012, having previously...

Haaretz, 11 November 2005. Retrieved 25 October 2023. Bob Ramsak, "Gay and Defar named as IAAF athletes of the year", Reuters, 25 November 2007. Retrieved...

Ethiopia a "running mecca" Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopian legend Meseret Defar Meseret Defar takes gold at the all africa games Legese Lamiso takes over steeplechase...

7:51.35 3200m in his 2023 world best of 7:54.10 in the two mile run. Meseret Defar ran a converted equivalent of an 8:52.34 3200m in her 2007 world best...

Genzebe Dibaba also ran 8:22.50 (2016), 8:24.85+ (2014), 8:26.95 (2013). Meseret Defar also ran 8:24.46 (2010), 8:26.99 (2009), 8:27.93 (2008). Jessica Hull...

metres for the Cooper test. The 2 miles world best for women is held by Meseret Defar with 8:58.58 and Faith Kipyegon's world record time for the outdoor...

women's world record holder Tirunesh Dibaba (right) leading another former world record holder Meseret Defar (centre) at the 2012 Olympic 5000 m final...

Prix; nine minutes and 0.48 seconds was her new record that shattered Meseret Defar previous best by six seconds. With these records, Genzebe is one of...

Isinbayeva Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 2006 Succeeded by Meseret Defar Preceded by Tirunesh Dibaba Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year...

in the women's 10,000 metres event. Another middle-distance runner Meseret Defar became the second Ethiopian female athlete to regain her title in the...

7:51.35 3200m in his 2023 world best of 7:54.10 in the two mile run. Meseret Defar ran an equivalent of an 8:55.45 3200m in her 2007 world best of 8:58...

bronze medal, finishing the race in less than a second behind the winner Meseret Defar and silver medalist Berhane Adere. 2003 USA Cross Country Championships...

3000 m behind Meseret Defar. Cheruiyot then headed the Kenyan 5000 m challenge at the African Championships in Athletics in Nairobi and beat Defar on this occasion...

first woman from sub-Saharan Africa ever to win an Olympic gold medal Meseret Defar, 2004 and 2012 Olympic gold medalist at 5000 m, World champion in 2007...

world record. On 3 June 2006 her record time was beaten by Ethiopian Meseret Defar, who ran in 14:24.53 in New York City. She ran at the inaugural World...

14:47  Lornah Kiplagat (NED) 28 March 2004 Brunssum, Netherlands 14:46  Meseret Defar (ETH) 9 April 2006 Carlsbad, United States 14:32+  Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN)...

Stefan Holm of Sweden has won four gold medals in the men's high jump. Meseret Defar of Ethiopia has won four gold, one silver and one bronze medal in the...

distance, behind compatriots Tirunesh Dibaba, the world record holder, and Meseret Defar. At the Beijing World Championships in August, she put on a stunning...

(born 19 April 1985) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She defeated Meseret Defar to win the 5000 metres gold medal at the 2008 African Athletics Championships...

Tirunesh Dibaba jumped into the lead with the expected chase coming from Meseret Defar, in one of the few head-to-head battles between these two stars. But...

group of six, who had achieved separation with 600 to go, Dibaba and Meseret Defar, led Kibiwot and Vivian Cheruiyot with the pace steadily increasing...

finished last of the 14 finishers, well over a lap behind the winner Meseret Defar. She was given a hero's reception by the crowd as she completed her...

London 19 29:59.15 Lemlem Hailu  Ethiopia 23 June 2023 Nerja 20 29:59.20 Meseret Defar  Ethiopia 11 July 2009 Birmingham 21 30:00.86 Eilish McColgan  Great...

last to try to hold on to Dibaba, Meseret Defar was the last to chase. Too familiar a situation from the past with Defar chasing a Dibaba, but those were...