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27 de sept. de 2022 · Derartu Tulu and Elana Meyer created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history at the Barcelona 1992 Games. Ethiopia’s Tulu overtook Meyer on the last lap of women’s 10,000m athletics final to win a thrilling race. Meyer, a white South African, immediately ran over to hug her rival before they completed a lap of the track hand-in-hand.
3 de nov. de 2009 · New York, USASeventeen years after the Barcelona Olympics, seeing Derartu Tulu's name at the head of the results column may seem like a return to the past. On the day after the 2009 ING New York City Marathon, race director Mary Wittenberg introduced her women's champion, Derartu Tulu, as "A towering figure not only in the world of running, but among women leaders."
20 de sept. de 2023 · Derartu Tulu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who participated in road, cross-country, and track events up to the marathon. She won gold in the 10,000-meter race at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and silver at the Olympic Games in 1992 Barcelona. In the 10,000 at the World Athletics Championships, Derartu won silver in 1995 and gold in ...
Derartu Tulu (Bekoji, Etiòpia 1972) és una atleta etíop, ja retirada, guanyadora de tres medalles olímpiques.. Biografia. Va néxer el 21 de març de 1972 a la ciutat de Bekoji, població situada a la regió d'Arsi.. És cosina de les també atletes i medallistes olímpiques Ejegayehu Dibaba i Tirunesh Dibaba, totes ells especialistes dels 10.000 metres.
Derartu TULU, Ethiopia
Derartu Tulu grew up tending cattle on the dusty plains of Ethiopia but went on to become an Olympic legend. The 21-year old from the village of Bekoji became the first black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal. She claimed the Womens 10,000m title in Barcelona with a personal best time of 31:06:02, beating South Africa’s Elana Meyer into second place.
Other articles where Derartu Tulu is discussed: Kenenisa Bekele: …Fatuma Roba, and Bekoji native Derartu Tulu, but his first athletic love was football (soccer). Bekele attended school through the ninth grade, and it was at school that he was introduced to running. He finished fourth in his first race, but in 1998 he won a provincial cross-country title and…
