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EPISODE · Sep 22, 2022 · 10 MIN

Derartu Tulu: Africa's first black female Olympic champion

from Sporting Witness · host BBC World Service

At the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, Derartu Tulu, from Ethiopia, became the first black African woman to win a gold medal.She speaks to Rachel Naylor about winning the 10,000 metres and beating South Africa's Elana Meyer.(Photo: Ethiopia's Derartu Tulu (L) and Elana Meyer of South Africa join hands in a victory lap after the women's 10,000m final at Barcelona Olympics in 1992. Credit: Getty Images)

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