He places highly in our top 10 African Track & Field
rankings because the marathon is considered one of
if not the most grueling of races known to man and
to be the first to ever go below 2:03 is indeed
phenomenal.
At 31 Dennis has a lot of running ahead of him and
we here at African Sports Monthly simply wish to
salute him for the great person and athlete he is.
01. Genzebe Dibaba –
Country: Ethiopia
Events: 1500 Meters, 3000 meters, 5000 meters
Personal Bests:
1500 Meters – 3:57.54 (outdoors)
3000 meters – 8:26.21(outdoors)
5000 Meters – 14:28.88 (outdoors)
1500 Meters - 3:55.17 (Indoor)
(Ethiopian/African/World Record)
3000 Meters - 8:16.60 (Indoor)
(Ethiopian/African/World Record)
5000 Meters - 14:18.86 (Indoor)
(Ethiopian/African/World Record)
2 Miles - 9:00.48 (Indoor)
(Ethiopian/African/World Record)
Genzebe is the younger sister of Tirunesh Dibaba the queen of the 10,000 meters and the
Achilles of the Kenyans in that event. With what Genzebe has done in the last two years even
though the world still knows her as the sister of Tirunesh Dibaba she is now exclusively her own
person, one we here at African Sports Monthly consider the best Track & Field Athlete on the
African continent at this stage. Genzebe now has 4 world records to her credit with one coming as
recently as February 19th of 2015 and at 24 is well on her way to true greatness and legendhood.
Will Genzebe Dibaba one day rival the stature and accomplishments of great Ethiopian legends like
Abebe Bikila and Haile Gebreselassie? That is a question that is truly up to her, she is almost at a
level unlike any o ther woman athlete on the continent and her performances at this stage are
already legendary what remains is will she maintain consistency and will the world start seeing her
in the lens of great legends?
We salute Genzebe Dibaba as the Africa’s best Track & Field Athlete and our Athlete of the
Month of March 2015.