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Sifan Hassan (Oromo: Siifan Hassan; born 1 January 1993)[1] is an Ethiopian-born Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She completed an unprecedented triple at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics winning gold medals in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, and a bronze medal for the 1500 metres. Hassan is the only athlete in Olympic history to win medals across a middle-distance event and both long-distance races in a single Games. She is only the second woman to complete an Olympic distance double.[2][3]

Sifan Hassan

Hassan at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 (age 29) Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Middle-, Long-distance running
Club	Nike
Coached by	Tim Rowberry
Achievements and titles
World finals	2015 Beijing 800 m, sf (9th) 1500 m,  Bronze 2017 London 1500 m, 5th 5000 m,  Bronze 2019 Doha 1500 m,  Gold 10,000 m,  Gold 2022 Eugene 5000 m, 6th 10,000 m, 4th
Olympic finals	2016 Rio de Janeiro 800 m, h (21st) 1500 m, 5th 2020 Tokyo 1500 m,  Bronze 5000 m,  Gold 10,000 m,  Gold
Personal best(s)	Outdoor 800 m: 1:56.81 (Monaco 2017) 1500 m: 3:51.95 ER (Doha 2019) Mile: 4:12.33 WR (Monaco 2019) 3000 m: 8:18.49 ER (Palo Alto 2019) 5000 m: 14:22.12 ER (London 2019) 10,000 m: 29:06.82 ER (Hengelo 2021) One hour: 18,930 m WR (Brussels 2020) Indoor 800 m: 2:00.62i (Apeldoorn 2016) 1500 m: 4:00.46i NR (Stockholm 2015) Mile: 4:19.89i NR (New York 2017) 3000 m: 8:30.74i NR (Birmingham 2017) Road 5 km: 14:44 WR (Monaco 2019) Half marathon: 1:05:15 ER (Copenhagen 2018)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 5000 m 2020 Tokyo 10,000 m 2020 Tokyo 1500 m World Championships 2019 Doha 1500 m 2019 Doha 10,000 m 2015 Beijing 1500 m 2017 London 5000 m Diamond League 2015 1500 m 2019 1500 m 2019 5000 m World Indoor Championships 2016 Portland 1500 m 2018 Birmingham 3000 m 2018 Birmingham 1500 m European Championships 2014 Zürich 1500 m 2018 Berlin 5000 m 2014 Zürich 5000 m 2016 Amsterdam 1500 m European Indoor Championships 2015 Prague 1500 m European Cross Country Championships 2013 Belgrad U23 race 2015 Hyères Senior race Representing Europe Continental Cup 2014 Marrakech 1500 m 2018 Ostrava 3000 m

At the World Athletics Championships, Hassan took 1500m and 10,000m titles in 2019, becoming the only athlete (male or female) in history to win both these events at a single World Championships or Olympic Games.[4] She won a bronze at the 1500m in 2015, and at the 5000m in 2017 when she also finished fifth for the 1500m. Hassan is a three-time World Indoor Championships medallist, winning gold at 1500m in 2016 as well as silver at 3000m and bronze for 1500m in 2018. She earned six European medals (including two cross country titles), and one European indoor medal. She is also a three-time Diamond League winner, having secured the 1500m/5000m double in 2019.

Hassan is the world record holder for both the one mile and 5 km road race, both set in 2019, as well as the one hour run, set in 2020.[5][6] She held a world record at 10,000 m for two days in June 2021.[7][8] She owns five European records (1500m, 3000m, 5000m, 10,000m, half marathon) and three Dutch records.

Early life

Sifan Hassan was born in Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia and raised in the countryside of Kersa in the Munesa district of the Arsi Zone of Oromia.[9][10] She was a recreational runner there. She left Ethiopia as a refugee and arrived in the Netherlands in 2008 at age fifteen.[11][12] She began running while undertaking studies to become a nurse.[13] Hassan became a Dutch citizen in 2013.[14]

Career

2011–2012

Affiliated with Eindhoven Atletiek,[15] Hassan entered the Eindhoven half marathon in 2011 and won the race with a time of 77:10 minutes. She was also runner-up at two cross country races (Sylvestercross and Mol Lotto Cross Cup). She won those races in 2012, as well as the 3000 m at the Leiden Gouden Spike meet.[16]

2013–2014

Hassan made her breakthrough in the 2013 season. She ran an 800 metres best of 2:00.86 minutes to win at the KBC Night of Athletics and took wins in the 1500 m at the Nijmegen Global Athletics and Golden Spike Ostrava meets. On the 2013 IAAF Diamond League circuit she was runner-up in the 1500 m at Athletissima with a personal best of 4:03.73 minutes and was third at the DN Galan 3000 m with a best of 8:32.53 minutes – this time ranked her the fourth fastest runner in the world that year.[16][17]

Hassan became a Dutch citizen in November 2013, too late for competing at the 2013 World Championships, and the following month she made her first appearance for the Netherlands. At the 2013 European Cross Country Championships she won the gold medal in the under-23 category and helped the Dutch team to third in the rankings.[18] She also won the Warandeloop and Lotto Cross Cup Brussels races that winter.[19]

At the beginning of 2014 she ran a world leading time of 8:45.32 minutes for the 3000 m at the Weltklasse in Karlsruhe,[20] then broke the Dutch record in the indoor 1500 m with a time of 4:05.34 minutes at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix.[21]

2015

At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, Hassan won the bronze medal in the 1500 meters. She became the second female Dutch athlete ever to win a medal at the World Championships, after Dafne Schippers. She was the third female Dutch winner at the 2015 European Cross Country Championships, following in the footsteps of fellow African migrants Hilda Kibet and Lornah Kiplagat.[22]

2016–2017

Hassan won her heat in the 1500 m in the 2016 Summer Olympics in 4:06.64 before Faith Kipyegon. In the semifinals she placed second in 4:03.62 after Genzebe Dibaba who won in 4:03.06. In the final Kipyegon took the Olympic gold medal with 4:08.92, Dibaba was the runner up with 4:10.27 and Jennifer Simpson took the bronze medal in 4:10.53. Hassan placed fifth in a time of 4:11.23.[23]

She finished fifth in the 1500 m at the 2017 World Athletics Championships and won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres event.

2018

On 13 July, she broke the European record for 5000 metres by finishing second at the Rabat Diamond League in 14:22.34.[24] A few days later, Hassan won the first Millicent Fawcett Mile at the 2018 London Anniversary Games in a time of 4:14.71, the fourth fastest result at the time.[25]

At the 2018 European Championships, she won a gold medal in the 5000 m with the time 14:46:12, setting the new championships record.

On 16 September, she broke the European record for the half marathon with a time of 65:15, winning the Copenhagen half marathon[26]

2019

On 17 February, Hassan set the world record for a 5 km road race stopping the clock at 14m 44s in Monaco.[27] The 5 km road race has been a world record event since 1 November 2017.[28] At the Prefontaine Classic in June, she broke a European 3000m record with a time of 8m 18.49s.[29]

Mile world record

On 12 July, Hassan entered the mile run at the Herculis meet in Fontvieille, Monaco. Olha Lyakhova was the pace setter, taking the field through the first two laps (measured at the start line, not the quarter-mile splits) in 64.26 and 63.94 (2:08.20). As is typical for Hassan, she was last off the start line, but over the next 150 metres, slowly eased herself around the field on the outside into the marking position behind Lyakhova. Gabriela DeBues-Stafford soon moved through the field in between Hassan and Lyakhova for the next lap before Hassan and Gudaf Tsegay separated from the field as the only chasers. Between 800 and 1000 metres, Lyakhova strained to keep on pace, but Hassan and Tsegay were moving forward. After Lyakhova stepped out, the two found themselves 15 metres ahead of the pack. At 1200 metres, Hassan was looking back at her close chaser Tsegay in 3:10.13 (a 61.93 lap). Hassan accelerated, opening a 5-metre gap over the next 100 metres. Continuing at this pace, she passed 1500 metres in about 3:55. Hassan covered the last 409.344 metres in 62.20, her final time of 4:12:33 breaking Svetlana Masterkova's almost 23-year-old world record.[30] The athletes trailing Hassan rewrote the all-time top 25 list, with Laura Weightman moving into position #15, DeBues-Stafford into #17, and after #5 all-time Tsegay faded into the pack she was followed by Rababe Arafi, Axumawit Embaye, Winnie Nanyondo and Ciara Mageean moving into positions #20–23.

She was the double 2019 Diamond League champion, winning both the 1500 and 5000 metres Trophies.[31]

On 28 September, she became the 2019 World Champion in the 10,000 metres in her second race for that distance. Her first race at the event was in Stanford in a time of 31:18.12, just fast enough to achieve the qualifying standard for the World Championships. The winning time of 30:17.62 was the best time of the year on the track. Alina Reh (Germany) led the field after 3000 metres in 9:29.69. The front runner reached the halfway point in 15:32.70. Letesenbet Gidey finished in 30:21.23, with Agnes Tirop (Kenya) coming in third place in 30:25.50. The second half of the run was covered in 14:45.[32] Hassan also won the 1500 metres race with a time of 3:51.95 (sixth place on the 1500 m all-time-list), setting a new Championships and European record. The second-placed finisher was Faith Kipyegon in 3:54.22, a new Kenyan national record, and the third place went to Gudaf Tsegay with 3:54.38.[33]

2020–2021

On 10 October, Hassan set a European record for the women's 10,000 metres in a time of 29:36.67, breaking mark set by Great Britain's Paula Radcliffe in 2002 by more than 24 seconds.[34]

On 6 June 2021, she bettered her performance at the event to set a world record of 29m 06.82s in Hengelo, beating 2016 record of Ethiopian Almaz Ayana by more than 10 seconds. Hassan lost the record two days later, however, when Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey achieved a time of 29m 01.03s at the same stadium.[35][8]

Hassan won gold in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. She also won bronze in the 1500 metres. She became the only athlete ever to medal in the 1500, 5000, and 10,000 metres events at the same Olympics. Her 5000m winning time was 14:36.79 ahead of Hellen Obiri from Kenya with 14:38.36, while Gudaf Tsegay from Ethiopia won a bronze medal in a time of 14:38.87. Her gold medal win made her the first Dutch woman with an Olympic athletics medal in a long-distance event. She was the first non-Kenyan or Ethiopian athlete to win the event since Gabriela Szabo won in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[36]

2022

This season was worse for Hassan as competing at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon she finished sixth in the 5000 metres and fourth in the 10,000 metres.[1]

Coach

Beginning in 2016, Hassan was coached by Alberto Salazar at the Nike Oregon Project.[37][38] In 2019 Salazar began serving a four-year ban from athletics for doping violations dating from before he started coaching Hassan. In 2021 he was suspended for life by the United States Center for SafeSport for sexual misconduct.[39]

Hassan's current coach is Tim Rowberry who began coaching her in July 2018. Rowberry was also the coach of runner Yomif Kejelcha, Hassan's training partner until his recent departure to Adidas. [40][41][42]

Achievements

Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

Personal bests

Type	Event	Time (m:s) (Result)	Date	Place	Notes
Outdoor	800 metres	1:56.81	21 July 2017	Monaco
	1000 metres	2:34.68	24 May 2015	Hengelo, Netherlands	NR
	1500 metres	3:51.95	5 October 2019	Doha, Qatar	European record
	One mile	4:12.33	12 July 2019	Monaco	World record
	3000 metres	8:18.49	30 June 2019	Stanford, CA, United States	European record
	5000 metres	14:22.12	21 July 2019	London, United Kingdom	European record
	10,000 metres	29:06.82	6 June 2021	Hengelo, Netherlands	European record
	One hour	18,930 m	4 September 2020	Brussels, Belgium	World record
Indoor	800 metres	2:02.62	28 February 2016	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
	1500 metres	4:00.46	19 February 2015	Stockholm, Sweden	NR
	One mile	4:19.89	11 February 2017	New York, United States
	3000 metres	8:30.76	18 February 2017	Birmingham, United Kingdom	NR
Road	5 km	14:44	17 February 2019	Monaco	Wo World record
	10 km	34:28	1 April 2012	Brunssum, Netherlands
	15 km	53:57	4 December 2011	's-Heerenberg, Netherlands
	Half marathon	65:15	16 September 2018	Copenhagen, Denmark	European record

International competitions

Representing the  Netherlands

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2013	European Cross Country Championships	Belgrad	1st	U23 race	19:40
			3rd	U23 team	70 pts
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	5th	3000 m i	9:03.22
	European Team Championships, Super League	Braunschweig, Germany	1st	3000 m	8:45.24	CR
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	1st	1500 m	4:04.18
			2nd	5000 m	15:31.79
	Continental Cup	Marrakesh, Morocco	1st	1500 m	4:05.99
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	1st	1500 m i	4:09.04
	World Championships	Beijing, China	sf (5th)	800 m	1:58.50	PB
			3rd	1500 m	4:09.34
	European Cross Country Championships	Hyères, France	1st	Senior race	25:47
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, OR, United States	1st	1500 m i	4:04.96
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2nd	1500 m	4:33.76
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	h (21st)	800 m	2:00.27	SB
			5th	1500 m	4:11.23
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	5th	1500 m	4:03.34
			3rd	5000 m	14:42.73
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	3rd	1500 m i	4:07.26
			2nd	3000 m i	8:45.68	SB
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	1st	5000 m	14:46.12	CR
	Continental Cup	Ostrava, Czech Republic	1st	3000 m	8:27.50	CR NR
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	1500 m	3:51.95	CR AR
			1st	10,000 m	30:17.62	WL PB
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	1500 m	3:55.86
			1st	5000 m	14:36.79
			1st	10,000 m	29:55.32
2022	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	6th	5000 m	14:48.12	SB
			4th	10,000 m	30:10.56	SB

Circuit wins and titles

• Diamond League Overall winner 1500 m: 2015[43]
• Diamond League Champion 1500 m: 2019[44]
• Diamond League Champion 5000 m: 2019[45]
  • 2014 (2) 1500 m: Paris Meeting Areva, Glasgow Grand Prix
  • 2015 (2) 1500 m: Birmingham British Grand Prix, Lausanne Athletissima
  • 2017 [3]; (2) 1500 m: Rome Golden Gala, Meeting de Paris; (1) 3000 m: Birmingham British Grand Prix
  • 2018 [2]; (1) One mile: London Anniversary Games; (1) 1500 m: Birmingham British Grand Prix
  • 2019 [4]; (1) 3000 m: Palo Alto Prefontaine Classic; (1) One mile: Monaco Herculis (MR DLR WR); (1) 1500 m: Zürich Weltklasse; (1) 5000 m: Brussels Memorial Van Damme
  • 2020 (1) One hour: Brussels Memorial Van Damme
  • 2021 [3]; (1) 1500 m: Rome Golden Gala in Florence; (1) 5000 m: Eugene Prefontaine Classic; (1) One mile: Brussels Memorial Van Damme

National championships

• Dutch Indoor Championships
  • 800 m (1): 2016
  • 1500 m (1): 2015

References

External links

• Sifan Hassan at World Athletics
• Sifan Hassan at Royal Dutch Athletics Federation (in Dutch)
• Sifan Hassan at Diamond League
• Sifan Hassan at Olympics.com
• Sifan Hassan at Olympedia
• Sifan Hassan at NOC*NSF (in Dutch)

Records
Preceded by Tatyana Kazankina	Women's 1,500m European record holder 5 October 2019 –	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Svetlana Masterkova	Women's Mile World record holder 12 July 2019 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Gabriela Szabo	Women's 3,000m European record holder 30 June 2019 –	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Liliya Shobukhova	Women's 5,000m European record holder 13 July 2018 –	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Almaz Ayana	Women's 10,000 m World record holder 6 June 2021 – 8 June 2021	Succeeded by Letesenbet Gidey
Preceded by Paula Radcliffe	Women's 10,000m European record holder 10 October 2020 –	Succeeded by Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by not assigned	Women's European Athlete of the Year 2021	Succeeded by Femke Bol
Preceded by Suzanne Schulting not assigned	Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 2019 2021	Succeeded by not assigned Incumbent

На других языках

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[de] Sifan Hassan

Sifan Hassan (* 1. Januar 1993 in Nazret, Äthiopien) ist eine niederländische Leichtathletin äthiopischer Herkunft, die im Mittel- und Langstreckenlauf antritt und Olympiasiegerin sowie Welt- und Europameisterin wurde.

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- [en] Sifan Hassan

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[es] Sifan Hassan

Sifan Hassan –en amhárico, ሲፋን ሓሰን– (Adama, 1 de enero de 1993) es una deportista neerlandesa, de origen etíope, que compite en atletismo, especialista en las carreras de mediofondo, fondo y campo a través.[1]

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[fr] Sifan Hassan

Sifan Hassan, née le 1er janvier 1993 à Adama (Éthiopie) est une athlète éthiopienne, naturalisée néerlandaise en 2013. Elle est spécialiste des courses de demi-fond et de fond. Double championne olympique sur le 5 000 m et le 10 000 m en 2021 à Tokyo et double championne du monde sur 1 500 m et 10 000 m en 2019 à Doha, elle détient le record du monde du mile (4 min 12 s 33), du 5 km sur route (14 min 44 s) et de la course de l'heure (18,930 km). En 2021, elle a également détenu pendant deux jours le record du monde du 10 000 m (29 min 06 s 82). Elle est la seule athlète de l'histoire à avoir gagné le doublé sur 1500 mètres et 10,000 mètres.

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[it] Sifan Hassan

Sifan Hassan (Adama, 1º gennaio 1993) è una mezzofondista etiope naturalizzata olandese, campionessa olimpica dei 5000 metri piani e dei 10000 metri piani ai Giochi olimpici di Tokyo 2020.

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[ru] Хассан, Сифан

Сифан Хассан (род. 1 января 1993[1][2][3], Назрет) — нидерландская легкоатлетка эфиопского происхождения. Специализируется в беге на длинные дистанции. Олимпийская чемпионка в беге на 5000 метров и 10000 метров в Токио 2020. Чемпионка мира в беге на 10 000 метров и чемпионка Европы в беге на 5000 метров. Чемпионка Европы 2014 года на дистанции 1500 метров, серебряный призёр чемпионата Европы 2014 в беге на 5000 метров.

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