Olympic record : two gold medals . Only woman to have won a long-distance gold at two separate Olympics . Her victory made her the first woman ever to win two Olympic long-distance gold medals , and cemented her place as an Ethiopian national icon alongside fellow running legend Haile Gebreselassie ( Addis Ababa city council subsequently named a school in her honor ) . The first ever black south African woman to win Runner gold . Runner ; born 1990 , in Bekoji , Bekoji .
Olympic record : two gold medals . Only woman to have won a long-distance gold at two separate Olympics . The first ever black south African woman to win Runner gold . Runner ; born 1990 , in Bekoji , Bekoji .