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Sifan Hassan is an Olympic and World Champion middle and long-distance runner, celebrated for her versatility across diverse distances. Her remarkable achievements include Olympic gold medals in the 5,000m, 10,000m, and Marathon, inspiring audiences with her extraordinary discipline and competitive spirit.
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Superstar Sifan Hassan has confirmed she will run in the TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS.
Sifan Hassan was born in Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia, on January 1, 1993, and raised in the rural area of Kersa. She arrived in the Netherlands as a refugee at the age of 15 in 2008 and became a Dutch citizen in 2013. Hassan began her running career while training to become a nurse, showing early promise by winning the Eindhoven half marathon in 2011. Her breakthrough came in 2013, where she achieved strong results in middle-distance events, including being a runner-up in the 1500m at the IAAF Diamond League Athletissima and third in the 3000m at the DN Galan. Her first major international representation for the Netherlands was at the 2013 European Cross Country Championships, where she won gold in the U23 category.
Hassan continued her ascent in athletics, setting a world-leading time in the 3000m indoors in 2014 and breaking the Dutch indoor record in the 1500m. She secured her first European senior title with a 1500m gold and a 5000m silver at the 2014 European Athletics Championships. Her career reached significant milestones in 2019, when she won two gold medals at the World Athletics Championships in Doha for both the 1500m and 10,000m, an unprecedented double. That same year, she set a new world record for the mile run. Her Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 saw her place fifth in the 1500m, foreshadowing her future Olympic successes.
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (held in 2021), Hassan achieved a historic triple, winning gold in the 5,000m and 10,000m, and bronze in the 1500m, becoming the only athlete to medal in all three events in a single Games. She further solidified her reputation as a dominant force in endurance running by winning the London Marathon in her debut over the distance in 2023, followed by a victory at the Chicago Marathon later that year, where she set a new course record. Most recently, at the Paris 2024 Olympics, she won bronze in both the 5,000m and 10,000m, and a gold medal in the marathon, making her the first woman to win Olympic gold in the 5,000m, 10,000m, and Marathon races.
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