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Sifan Hassan (Oromo: Siifan Hassan; born 1993) is an Ethiopian-Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She is the Dutch indoor record holder for the 1500 metres and 3000 metres and was the under-23 winner at the 2013 European Cross Country Championships. Hassan won the gold medal at 1500 m at the European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014. Born in Nazreth in Ethiopia,〔Brink, Cors Van den (2013-11-24). (Een Edammertje voor de atlete uit Nazareth ) . ''Atletiek Week''. Retrieved on 2014-02-22.〕 she left the country as a refugee and arrived in the Netherlands in 2008 at age fifteen. She began running while undertaking studies to become a nurse.〔(Sifan Hassan ). Global Sports Communication. Retrieved on 2014-02-22.〕 Affiliated with Eindhoven Atletiek,〔(Sifan Hassan ). European Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-02-22.〕 she 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 meeting.〔(Sifan Hassan ). Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-02-22.〕 Sifan 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 over 1500 m at the Nijmegen Global Athletics and Golden Spike Ostrava meetings. 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 in the world that year.〔〔Rorick, Jim (2013-10-22). (2013 World Comprehensive List - Women ). ''Track and Field News''. Retrieved on 2014-03-01.〕 She gained Dutch citizenship in November 2013 and the following month she made her first appearance for her adopted country. 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.〔Mulkeen, Jon (2013-12-08). (Third time lucky for Duarte at European Cross as Bezabeh regains title ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-02-22.〕 She also won the Warandeloop and Lotto Cross Cup Brussels races that winter.〔Minshull, Phil (2013-12-22). (Hassan and Kibet take the honours in Brussels – IAAF Cross Country Permit ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-02-22.〕 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,〔Minshull, Phil (2014-02-01). (Genzebe Dibaba smashes world indoor 1500m record with 3:55.17 in Karlsruhe ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-02-22.〕 then broke the Dutch record in the indoor 1500 m with a run of 4:05.34 minutes at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix.〔(Birmingham: Sifan Hassan verbetert NR 1500m: 4’05″34 ) . Losse Veter. Retrieved on 2014-02-22.〕 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. ==Personal bests== *800 metres - 1:58.50 (Beijing National Stadium, 7 AUG 2015) *1000 metres - 2:34.68 (Hengelo (Blankers-Koen Stadion), 24 MAY 2015) *1500 metres - 3:56.05 (Monaco (Stade Louis II, 17 JUL 2015) *One Mile - 4:18.20 (Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion, 11 SEP 2015) *3000 metres - 8:29.38 (Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion), 05 SEP 2014) *5000 metres - 14:59.23 (Palo Alto, CA, 04 MAY 2014)〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sifan Hassan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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