Sifan Hassan - Bio, Age, Net Worth, Height, Married, Nationality, Body Measurement, Career

Sifan Hassan is an Ethiopian-born Dutch long-distance and middle-distance runner from Netherland. At the 2019 World Championships, Sifan Hassan won two gold medals in the 1500m and 10,000m events. Moreover, Sifan became the only athlete in history to win both events at a single World Championships or Olympic Games.

Early Life and Childhood

Sifan Hassan was born in Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia on January 1, 1993. Sifan’s zodiac sign is Capricorn and she is currently twenty-eight years old. Moreover, Sifan was raised in the countryside of Kersa in the Munesa district of the Arsi Zone of Oromia, Ethiopia. Unfortunately, Sifan left Ethiopia as a refugee in 2008, arriving in the Netherlands at the age of fifteen. Additionally, Sifan holds Dutch nationality and her religion is Muslim. Besides that, there is no more information regarding Sifan’s parents, siblings, and early childhood life.

Talking about Sifan’s academic qualification, there is not much detailed information regarding her educational life. Moreover, looking at Sifan’s success, we can assume that she studied at a well-known University in her hometown.

Professional life

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Caption: Sifan Hassan competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (Source: Instagram)

Sifan started running while she was studying nurse at the University. In 2011, Sifan entered the Eindhoven half marathon as affiliated with Eindhoven Atletiek. Moreover, Sifan won the Eindhoven half marathon in 77:10 minutes time. Additionally, Sifan was also runner-up at two cross country races the Sylvestercross and Mol Lotto Cross Cup. Sifan later won both of those races and the 3000 m at the Leiden Gouden Spike, meet in 2012.

Moreover, Sifan had a breakout season in 2013, winning 800 meters at the KBC Night of Athletics and 1500 meters in the Nijmegen Global Athletics and Golden Spike Ostrava meets. Sifan was runner-up in the 1500 m at Athletissima at the 2013 IAAF Diamond League circuit and third at the DN Galan 3000 m. In November 2013, Sifan became a Dutch citizen and represented the Netherlands the following month.

Moreover, Sifan won the gold medal in the under-23 category and helped the Dutch team to third in the rankings at the 2013 European Cross Country Championships. In the winter of the same year, Sifan also won the Warandeloop and Lotto Cross Cup Brussels races. In 2015, Sifan won the bronze medal in the 1500m at the 2015 World Championships. However, Sifan finished in fifth place at the 2016 Summer Olympics in 1500m.

At the 2017 World Athletics Championships, Sifan finished fifth in the 1500m and won the bronze medal in the 500m event. At the 2018 London Anniversary Games, Sifan also won the inaugural Millicent Fawcett Mile. Later, Sifan won the gold medal at the 2018 European Championships and set the new championships record. Sifan broke the European record for the half marathon and won the Copenhagen half marathon on September 16, 2018.

World Record and Olympics

Sifan also set the world record for a 5 km road race in Monaco on February 17, 2019. In the same year, Sifan also won both 1500 m and 5000 m at the 2019 Diamond League. At the Herculis meet in Fontvieille, Monaco, Sifan broke Svetlana Masterkova’s almost 23-year-old world record and won the mile run.

In the same year, Sifan finished second at the 2019 World Champion in the 10,000m. Moreover, Sifan also won the 1500m race and set a new Championships and European record. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games, Sifan won gold medals in the 5000m and 10,000m races. Moreover, Sifan also won a bronze medal in the 1500m at the tournament.

Achievements and Net Worth

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Caption: Sifan Hassan with her medals from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (Source: Instagram)

Sifan has won two gold medals and a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games. Additionally, Sifan has also won two gold medals and two bronze medals at the World Athletics Championships. Sifan has won a gold medal, a silver medal, and a bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships. Moreover, Sifan also won two gold medals at the Continental Cup. At the European Championships, Sifan has won two gold and two silver medals. Furthermore, Sifan won one gold medal at European Indoor Championships and one gold medal at the European Cross Country Championships.

Sifan Hassan has garnered a significant amount of money as an athlete for the Netherlands. The estimated net worth of Sifan is around $1 million to $5 million US dollars. However, there is no information about Sifan’s salary or other sources of income.

Relationship Status

Sifan Hassan is a married woman but she has not shared any details about her husband. Moreover, there is no information about their current relationship and whether they have any children.

Talking about Sifan’s rumors and controversy, she’s not a part of them until now. Besides that, Sifan is focusing on her personal and professional life. Moreover, Sifan likes to keep a distance from the rumors and the controversy.

Body Measurement and Social media

Sifan Hassan stands at 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs around 49 Kg. Moreover, Sifan has an athletic body build and has black eyes and black hair. Apart from that, nothing is known about Safin’s other physical measurements.

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Caption: Sifan Hassan body measurement (Source: Instagram)

Sifan Hassan is pretty active on social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter. Her Instagram account @sifanhassan has over 162 thousand followers. On Twitter, Sifan has over 14.4K followers.

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