Meseret Defar (born November 19, 1983 in Addis Ababa) is a female athlete from Ethiopia. She won gold in the women's 5000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with a time of 14:45.65. She won a silver medal at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, losing only to Tirunesh Dibaba. In 2006 she won the World Indoor Championships over 3000 metres, defending her title from the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Wikipedia
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