国外奥运名人:非洲女子长跑传奇图鲁
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 德拉图 图鲁(Derartu Tulu) (田径 埃塞俄比亚)
   Atlanta, 27 July 1996. Women's athletics: Derartu TULU of Ethiopia in action during the women's 10000m heats of the Games of the XXVI Olympiad. Credit: Getty Images/Mike Hewitt
  生日:1972年3月21日
  出生地:埃塞俄比亚
  国籍: 埃塞俄比亚
  项目: 田径
  参加奥运会时间:
   1992年西班牙巴塞罗纳夏季奥运会
   1996年美国亚特兰大夏季奥运会
   2000年澳大利亚悉尼夏季奥运会
   2004年希腊雅典夏季奥运会
  奥运成绩:
  金牌 2枚
  铜牌 1枚
  其他成绩:
  世界锦标赛
  金牌 1枚 2001年
  银牌 1枚 1995年
  第一位非洲黑人女子奥运冠军
  德拉图 图鲁是来自埃塞俄比亚奥罗莫族的黑人女子运动员,她自幼在埃塞俄比亚的阿斯高原长大,直到16岁的时候,她才发现自己的田径运动天赋。1992年西班牙巴塞罗纳夏季奥运会10000米长跑比赛中,南非的运动员梅约在6100米后就超出其他运动员,图鲁紧紧跟着她,到最后一圈,图鲁开始加速,并在离终点30米的时候,超过梅约,率先冲过终点线,第一次夺得奥运会女子万米金牌,成为第一位夺取奥运金牌的非洲黑人女子运动员。南非白人运动员梅约夺得银牌,跑完后,她们手拉手一起跑向观众表示致意。1996年,图鲁参加了美国亚特兰大夏季奥运会,但她只遗憾取得第四。2000年澳大利亚悉尼夏季奥运会上,图鲁继续参加女子万米比赛,在最后一圈,她开始加力,并一路领先,并夺得这个项目的奥运金牌,成为奥运会长距离赛跑比赛中第一位夺取两枚奥运金牌的女子运动员。2004年图鲁在希腊雅典夏季奥运会女子万米比赛中夺得铜牌。
   Born: 21 March 1972
   Birthplace: Bekoji (Ethiopia)
   Nationality: Ethiopia
   Sport: Athletics
   ATTENDANCE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
   Barcelona 1992
   Atlanta 1996
   Sydney 2000
   Athens 2004
   AWARDS
   Olympic medals:
   Gold: 2
   Bronze: 1
   Other results:
   World Championships
   Gold: 1 (2001)
   Silver: 1 (1995)
   The First Black African Woman Champion
   A member of the Oromo ethnic group, Derartu Tulu grew up tending cattle in the Arsi highlands of Ethiopia. She did not realize that she was an unusually fast runner until she was 16 years old.
   In the 10,000m final at the 1992 Olympics, Elana Meyer of South Africa pulled away from the field after 6,100m and only Tulu was able to keep pace with her. Meyer tried to force Tulu to pass her, but Tulu refused. Finally, just before the start of the last lap, Tulu darted into the lead and went on to win by 30 metres. She waited for Meyer at the finish line, and then Tulu, the first black African woman to earn an Olympic medal, and Meyer, a white South African, set off hand in hand for a victory lap that symbolized hope for a new Africa.
   Tulu returned to the Olympic in 1996, but finished a disappointing fourth. However, her running career was far from over. At the 2000 Sydney Games, Tulu again entered the 10,000m. Regaining her form of eight years earlier, she took the lead at the bell signaling the final lap and sprinted ahead to a clear victory over teammate Gete Wami.
   Tulu became the first woman to win two gold medals in Olympic distance races. At the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, she won the bronze medal in the 10,000m (gold medallist was China's Huina Xing, silver medallist, Derartu's compatriot Ejegayehu Dibaba).

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