Habiba Ghribi

Habiba Ghribi
Ghribi at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
NicknameBibi
NationalityTunisian
Born (1984-04-09) 9 April 1984
Kairouan, Tunisia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb; 8.8 st)
Websitehabibaghribi.com
Sport
Country Tunisia
SportAthletics
Event3000 metres steeplechase
Coached byConstantin Nourescu (ROU)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Tunisia
Olympic Games
2012 London3000 m st.
World Championships
2011 Daegu3000 m st.
2015 Beijing3000 m st.
Mediterranean Games
2009 Pescara1500 m
African Championships
2006 Bambous3000 m st.

Habiba Ghribi (Arabic: حبيبة الغريبي, born 9 April 1984) is a Tunisian middle- and long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, giving her country its first Olympic medal by a woman. She is also the Tunisian record holder in the event, having run 9:05.36 at the Memorial van Damme in Brussels in September 2015.

Ghribi competed at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships a number of times but found greater success on the track, winning a steeplechase silver at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics and a bronze in the 1500 metres at the 2009 Mediterranean Games. She represented Tunisia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing thirteenth in the first ever women's Olympic steeplechase race. In the 2016 Müller Anniversary Games, she won the women's 3000m steeplechase. She was voted the Best Sportswoman of 2009 by the Arabic daily newspaper Assahafa.