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Wolde vs Berezhna

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WoldeWinner
80.8

Wolde wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity

Berezhna
80.8

Berezhna wins: Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇪🇹 Mamo Wolde
80.8

Wolde leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic marathon champion in Mexico City 1968 and a three-time Olympic medallist.

1. Mamo Wolde
80.8
2. Larysa Berezhna
80.8

Category breakdown

Season form · Major golds per season

Career timeline · Major golds per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Major golds per season
1. 🇺🇦 Larysa Berezhna5 seasons played · career day 1,825338 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇪🇹 Mamo Wolde5 seasons played · career day 1,826302 major golds
-10.7% vs Berezhna at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇪🇹 Wolde0052108232608
🇺🇦 Berezhna0052112338661

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricWoldeRetiredBerezhnaRetired
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic medals3
Olympic Games contested4
Ethiopian marathon titles3
Olympic 10,000 m silver1
World Championship medals1
European indoor medals1
Personal best (m)7.24
Olympic appearances1
National titles4
Dominance w25%7876
Peak w20%8886
Longevity w20%8280
Honours w20%7880
Statistics w15%7884

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GOAT Rank · the data
Wolde80.8
Berezhna80.8
The people
Wolde
Berezhna

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