Genzebe Dibaba

Genzebe Dibaba is a famous runner from Ethiopia, a country in Africa. She's super speedy, like a cheetah! She runs middle distances, which means she runs races that are longer than a sprint but shorter than a marathon. Imagine running around a school playground many times really, really fast! That's kind of what she does, but on a much bigger track.

Genzebe has won lots of gold medals, which are like the shiny prizes for first place! She won one for running 1,500 meters and another for 5,000 meters. That's like running almost 3 laps and then over 12 laps around a standard track! She's so fast that she even holds world records for running indoors, which means she's the fastest ever in a special indoor stadium.

Guess what? Genzebe comes from a family where everyone is a great runner! Her sisters and cousins have also won medals in big running competitions like the Olympics. It's like having a whole family of superheroes, but their superpower is running super fast! They probably have lots of fun races at home.

Genzebe is so fast she has set amazing world records. She is the fastest person ever to run one mile indoors, 3,000 meters indoors, and 5,000 meters indoors. Imagine running a mile, which is longer than 10 football fields, faster than anyone else in the world, inside a building! That's what makes her a true running star.