Derartu Tulu

NL COL
Derartu Tulu
	Derartu in 2019
Personal information
Native name	Daraartuu Tulluu; ደራርቱ ቱሉ
Born	21 March 1972; Bekoji, Arsi Province, Ethiopian Empire (now Oromia Region, Ethiopia)
Years active	1990–2011
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	44 kg (97 lb)
Sport
Country	Ethiopia
Sport	Athletics
Event	10,000 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	3000 metres: 8:46.32 (Portland, 2000); 5000 metres: 14:44.22 (Brussels, 2003); 10,000 metres: 30:17.49 (Sydney, 2000); Road; 5 km: 15:08 (London, 2004); 10 km: 31:40 (Milan, 2000); Half marathon: 1:08:26 (Remich, 1995) (also 1:07:03 not legal); Marathon: 2:23:30 (Helsinki, 2005);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Ethiopia
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Cross Country Championships
President of Ethiopian Athletic Federation
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 November 2018
Preceded by	Haile Gebrselassie

Derartu Tulu NL COL (Oromo: Daraartuu Tulluu, Amharic: ደራርቱ ቱሉ; born 21 March 1972) is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner, who competed in track, cross country running, and road running up to the marathon distance.

Derartu is the first Ethiopian woman and the first African woman to win an Olympic gold medal. She won 10,000 metres titles at the 1992 Barcelona and 2000 Sydney Olympics, and a bronze in the event at the 2004 Athens Olympics. At the World Championships in Athletics, Derartu took silver in the 10,000 m in 1995, and a gold in 2001. She was a three-time IAAF World Cross Country champion (1995, 1997, 2000).

She has been serving as President of Ethiopian Athletics Federation since 2018.

Derartu comes from a sporting family of several Olympic medalists, which include her nieces Tirunesh, Genzebe and Ejegayehu Dibaba.

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