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{{short description|Ethiopian former long-distance runner (born 1972)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Patronymic name|Derartu|Tulu (Took inspiration from Reena Ali)|her|father}}
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 |'''[[3000 metres]]''': 8:46.32	([[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], 2000)
 |'''[[5000 metres]]''': 14:44.22	([[Brussels]], 2003)
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 |'''[[10K run|10&nbsp;km]]''': 31:40 ([[Milan]], 2000)
 |'''[[Half marathon]]''': 1:08:26 ([[Remich]], 1995) (also 1:07:03 not legal)
 |'''[[Marathon]]''': 2:23:30 ([[Helsinki]], 2005)
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'''Derartu Tulu''' [[Laureate|NL]] [[Colonel|COL]] ({{langx|om|Daraartuu Tulluu}}, [[Amharic]]: ደራርቱ ቱሉ; born 21 March 1972) is an Ethiopian former [[long-distance runner]], who competed in [[track running|track]], [[cross country running]], and [[road running]] up to the [[marathon]] distance. 

Derartu is the first Ethiopian woman and the first black African woman to win an Olympic [[gold medal]].  She won [[10,000 metres]] titles at the [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] and [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olympics]], and a bronze in the event at the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]]. At the [[World Athletics Championships|World Championships in Athletics]], Derartu took silver in the 10,000&nbsp;m in [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995]], and a gold in [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001]]. She was a three-time [[IAAF World Cross Country Championships|IAAF World Cross Country champion]] ([[1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|1995]], [[1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|1997]], [[2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|2000]]).

She has been serving as President of [[Ethiopian Athletics Federation]] since 2018.

Derartu comes from a sporting family of several Olympic medalists, which include her nieces [[Tirunesh Dibaba|Tirunesh]], [[Genzebe Dibaba|Genzebe]] and [[Ejegayehu Dibaba]].

==Life and career==
Derartu Tulu grew up tending cattle in the village of [[Bekoji]] in the highlands of [[Arsi Province]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.olympic.org/derartu-tulu | title=Derartu TULU | access-date=13 May 2014 | website=Olympic.org| date=2017-01-13 }}</ref> the same village as [[Kenenisa Bekele]]. She is the aunt of [[Ejegayehu Dibaba]], [[Tirunesh Dibaba]] and [[Genzebe Dibaba]].

Derartu is the first Ethiopian woman and the first black African woman to win an Olympic [[gold medal]], which she won in the [[10,000 metres|10,000 m]] event at the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona Olympic Games]].<ref>Robbins, Liz (2009-11-01). [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/sports/02women.html  Tulu Wins as Radcliffe Struggles to Fourth]. ''New York Times''. Retrieved on 2016-07-02.</ref><ref name="Vogue2016">{{cite news|title=Meet the Dibabas: The Fastest Family on the Planet|url=http://www.vogue.com/13419749/dibaba-family-ethiopian-distance-runners-olympics-2016-rio-de-janeiro/|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|date=March 31, 2016|access-date=8 August 2016|archive-date=3 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103181836/http://www.vogue.com/13419749/dibaba-family-ethiopian-distance-runners-olympics-2016-rio-de-janeiro|url-status=dead}}</ref> The race, where she and [[Elana Meyer]] (South Africa) raced for lap after lap way ahead of the rest of the field, launched her career. She sat out 1993 and 1994 with a knee injury and returned to competition in the 1995 [[IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] where she won gold, having arrived at the race only an hour before the start. She was stuck in [[Athens]] airport without sleep for 24 hours.<ref>MacKay, Duncan (2000-12-30). [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/story/0,3604,416304,00.html Cold of Consett holds no fears for Ethiopia's world-beating waif]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved on 2016-07-02.</ref> The same year she lost out to [[Fernanda Ribeiro]] and won [[silver medal|silver]] at the World Championships 10,000.

The 1996 season was a difficult year for her. At the [[IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] Derartu lost her shoe in the race and had to fight back to get fourth place. She also finished fourth at the [[1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], where she was nursing an injury. In 1997 she won the world cross country title for the second time, but did not factor in the 10,000 m World Championships. In 1998 she gave birth to a daughter, Tsion, but came back in 2000 in the best shape of her life.<ref>[http://spikes.iaaf.org/post/hey-ma-10-amazing-athletics-supermums  10 athletics Supermums]. [[SPIKES Magazine]] (2014-01-13). Retrieved on 2016-07-02.</ref> She won the 10,000 m Olympic gold for the second time (the only woman to have done this in the short history of the event). She also won the [[IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] title for the third time. In 2001, she finally won her world 10,000 track title in [[Edmonton]]. This was her third world or Olympic gold medal. She has a total of 5 world and Olympic medals.

Her transition to the [[marathon (sport)|marathon]] was rewarded with victories in [[London Marathon|London]] and [[Tokyo]] Marathons in 2001. She finished fourth at the [[2005 World Championships in Athletics|2005 World Championships]], setting her personal best time of 2:23:30. She also won the [[Portugal Half Marathon]] in 2000 and 2003, and [[Lisbon Half Marathon]] in 2003. In 2009, at the age of 37, she won the [[New York City Marathon]], defeating of the likes of Paula Radcliffe,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/born-to-run-the-marathon/?src=me&ref=general|title=Born to Run the Marathon?|first=Christopher|last=McDougall|date=2010-11-04}}</ref> [[Lyudmila Petrova]] and [[Salina Kosgei]].

In 2004 Derartu declined to enter the [[New York Marathon]], where she would have been likely to face marathon [[World Record]] holder [[Paula Radcliffe]], whom she has had a great rivalry with over the years,<ref>Marint, David (2003-09-12). [https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics-radcliffe-and-tulu-to-renew-rivalry-86671.html  Athletics: Radcliffe and Tulu to renew rivalry]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved on 2016-07-02.</ref> and focused instead on the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], where she won the [[bronze medal]] in the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]] behind [[Xing Huina]] and her cousin [[Ejegayehu Dibaba]]. (Radcliffe failed to finish.)

Derartu continued to run competitively in her late thirties, while most of her old rivals retired. Her last marathon finish came in 2011 in [[Yokohama]].<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ethiopia/derartu-tulu-61939 Derartu Tulu]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-02.</ref>

She is remembered for her speed and her 60.3 second-last lap at the end of the 10,000 m at the [[Sydney Olympics]] was a sprint of note.

===International competitions===
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|-
|1989
|[[1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|[[Stavanger]], Norway
|23rd
|[[1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior woman]]
|23:29
|-
|rowspan=4|1990
|[[1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|[[Aix-les-Bains]], France
|15th
|[[1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior woman]]
|19:53
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1990 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Cairo]], Egypt
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1990 African Championships in Athletics#Women's events|3000 m]]
|9:11.21
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1990 African Championships in Athletics#Women's events|10,000 m]]
|33:37.82
|-
|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Plovdiv]], Bulgaria
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|32:56.26
|-
|rowspan=3|1991
|[[1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|[[Antwerp]], Belgium
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior woman]]
|20:27
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Tokyo]], Japan
|21st (h)
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres|3000 m]]
|9:01.04
|-
|8th
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|32:16.55
|-
|rowspan=5|1992
|rowspan=2|[[1992 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Belle Vue Harel]], Mauritius
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1992 African Championships in Athletics#Women's events|3000 m]]
|9:01.12
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1992 African Championships in Athletics#Women's events|10,000 m]]
|31:32.25
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1992 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|rowspan=2|[[Havana]], Cuba
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1992 IAAF World Cup – Results#5000/3000 m|3000 m]]
|9:05.89
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1992 IAAF World Cup – Results#10,000 m|10,000 m]]
|33:38.97
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Barcelona]], Spain
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|31:06.02
|-
|rowspan=2|1995
|[[1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|[[Durham, England|Durham]], United Kingdom
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior woman]]
|20:21
|-
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Gothenburg]], Sweden
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|31:08.10
|-
|1996
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Atlanta|Atlanta, GA]], United States
|4th
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|31:10.46
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
|[[1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|[[Turin]], Italy
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior woman]]
|20:53
|-
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Athens]], Greece
|24th (h)
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|33:25.99
|-
|1999
|[[1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|World Half Marathon Championships]]
|[[Palermo]], Italy
|14th
|[[1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships#Women's|Half marathon]]
|1:11:33
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|[[2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|[[Vilamoura]], Portugal
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior woman]]
|25:42
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Sydney]], Australia
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|30:17.49 '''{{AthAbbr|OR}}'''
|-
|rowspan=3|2001
|[[2001 London Marathon|London Marathon]]
|[[London]], United Kingdom
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2001 London Marathon#Women|Marathon]]
|2:23:57
|-
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Edmonton]], Canada
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|31:48.81
|-
|[[Tokyo International Women's Marathon]]
|[[Tokyo]], Japan
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Tokyo International Women's Marathon#Winners|Marathon]]
|2:25:08
|-
|2003
|[[2003 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|[[Monte Carlo]], Monaco
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2003 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results#5000 metres|5000 m]]
|14:56.93
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
|[[2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|[[Brussels]], Belgium
|16th
|[[2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|Senior woman]]
|28:39
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens]], Greece
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|30:26.42 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
|[[2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|World Half Marathon Championships]]
|[[Edmonton]], Canada
|15th
|[[2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships#Women's|Half marathon]]
|1:12:12
|-
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Helsinki]], Finland
|4th
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon|Marathon]]
|2:23:30 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|-
|2009
|[[2009 New York City Marathon|New York Marathon]]
|[[New York City|New York, NY]], United States
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2009 New York City Marathon#Women|Marathon]]
|2:28:52
|}

==Personal life==
Tulu is the aunt of the Dibaba siblings – [[Ejegayehu Dibaba|Ejegayehu]], [[Tirunesh Dibaba|Tirunesh]] and [[Genzebe Dibaba]].<ref name="Vogue2016"/>

==Accolades==
Tulu was named to the [[BBC]]'s ''[[100 Women (BBC)|100 Women]]'' programme in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=BBC 100 Women 2017: Who is on the list?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-41380265|access-date=July 24, 2019|work=BBC News|date=October 20, 2017}}</ref>

*[[File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 4Class BAR.svg|55px|ribbon bar]] [[Order of the Rising Sun| Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette]] (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/100575204.pdf|title= 令和５年秋の外国人叙勲 受章者名簿|access-date= November 3, 2023|work= Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Athletes/All-Athletes/Athletes-TN-to-TZ/-Derartu-TULU-/ Derartu Tulu at International Olympic Committee]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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