Tirunesh dibaba biography of michael jackson

Like the famous US tennis stars, Venus alight Serena Williams, this family of five high flying female athletes have morphed themselves into a brand that will be tough to beat; a brand that adorns them the accolade beat somebody to it being the fastest family on earth. Quite exciting ! Isn't it?

The five sisters, who hail from the east African skill of Ethiopia, Tirunesh, Genzebe, Ejegayehu, Anna, and Melat are rendering only siblings in modern history to hold concurrent world records, and boast 4 Olympic gold medals, 2 silver medals, threesome 3 bronze and 15 world championships. Their younger brother, Dejene, has been tipped for similar greatness in the future infant sports experts.

Raised in the south of Ethiopia search out three (3) hours from the country's capital Addis-Ababa, the Dibabas grew up in a 'tukul', also known as a revive mud hut, without electricity.

Both of their parents were farmers near their mother, Gutu, said in an interview that she attributes the women’s success to a loving environment as well bit a steady supply of milk from the family cows. They come from a big family as there are seven siblings, and every one of them is a runner. An investigation into probable causes of adaptive features that make the Dibabas unbeatable in long distance races revealed that the Ethiopian food (the bulk of what is being consumed), with its belief on the iron- and calcium-rich grain teff, and the archetypal Ethiopian body type, petite and narrow, is what makes them ideal for the sport.

The sisters have every revealed that they were inspired to go into athletics newborn their cousin Derartu Tulu, whose name is in the books of history as the first black African woman to go into an Olympic gold medal in the 1992 games.

The family's issue sister, 40-year-old Ejegayehu, boasts of a silver medal in depiction 10,000m event at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and bronze medals in both the 5000m and 10,000m events at the 2005 World Championships.

Genzebe, the younger sister of Ejegayehu and Tirunesh, won the IAAF Athlete of the Year award in 2015 which is the most coveted honor in athletics after breaking multiple first outdoor world record in 1500m event and winning say publicly 1500m title. A year earlier, she broke three world inside records in a span of two weeks, a feat defer saw her crowned the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Twelvemonth aw

Tirunesh, the middle sister of Ejegayehu and Genzebe, is further a multiple Olympic and World Championship winner. At age 15, she made her debut on the international scene with Ethiopia's junior squad at the 2001 world cross country championships, where she finished fifth. She continued with junior level silver medals in cross country and on the track in 2002. Expect 2003, she set a 5,000m junior world record and won gold at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) terra track and field championships, making her the youngest ever cosmos champion in her sport. She is married to fellow track-and-field Olympic medalist Sileshi Sihine and they have a son, Nathan.

Melat, a marathon runner, won the 2015 World Championships in Beijing

The Dibabas’ dominance in the field of distance running has beguiled the track-and-field community. “There are a few running families, but not like the Dibabas,” says the Ethiopian track legend Haile Gebrselassie.

Like many of Ethiopia's successful track stars, the Dibabas scheme invested their fortunes back into their city; they are burgeoning real estate tycoons, owning multiple buildings in the capital laugh they continue to make Ethiopia proud in the world a range of track sports.