Buze Diriba

Buze Diriba Kejela (born 9 February 1994) is an Ethiopian female long-distance runner who competes in track, road and cross country running disciplines.[1] She represented her country in the 5000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, taking fifth. She was the World Junior Champion in 2012.

She ran in the junior race twice at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She was tenth in 2011, a non-scoring member of Ethiopia's gold medal-winning team, and improved to ninth at the 2013 race, helping Ethiopia to the team silver medals.[2] She was also a junior team race winner at the 2012 African Cross Country Championships, finishing sixth in the race.[3]

She made her debut on the 2012 IAAF Diamond League circuit and placed third in the 3000 metres at the Herculis meeting. She closed the year with a win at the Giro Podistico di Pettinengo. The year after, she was in the top six at the 2013 IAAF Diamond League races in Shanghai, Eugene, Oslo and Paris.[1]

She failed to improve in the 2014 track season and turning to road running in instead. In 2015, she ran in the United States and won the Shamrockin' Run and the Parkersburg Half Marathon, as well as taking top three finishes at the Freihofer's Run For Women and Carrera De La Mujer. The following year she topped the field at the Crescent City Classic and was runner-up at the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run, BAA 5K and Peachtree Road Race.[1] Buze Diribe won 2016 AACR Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon in 1:11:49 ahead of Neely Spence Gracey.[4]

Personal bests

All information from All Athletics[5]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2011 World Cross Country Championships Punta Umbría, Spain 10th Junior race 19:34
1st Junior team 17 pts
2012 African Cross Country Championships Cape Town, South Africa 6th Junior race 20:07
1st Junior team 1:20:12
World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 5000 m 15:32.94
2013 World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 9th Junior race 18:29
2nd Junior team 23 pts
World Championships Moscow, Russia 5th 5000 m 15:05.38

References
  1. Buze Diriba. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
  2. Buze Diriba. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
  3. CAA African Cross Country Championships. Finish Time.za. Retrieved on 2012-03-26.
  4. AACR Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia – Search Results September 18, 2016 runrocknroll.com. Retrieved on September 25, 2016.
  5. Buze Diriba. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
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