Meseret
Defar
41Y 1M 4D
19.11.1983in Addis Ababa
Olympic medals from Meseret Defar
3 Medals in 3 Games
2004 - 2012
Medals
Athletics
5000m
on August 22, 2008
in Beijing
Result
15:44.12Elvan Abeylegesse, born in Ethiopia, starting for Turkey, finished second in the 5000m and 10000m runs. Doping was detected in post-tests of the doping samples from 2008. In 2017 she has to give back the two silver medals. The subsequent athletes moved up.