Back Тыгст Асефа Byelorussian Tigist Assefa Catalan Tigist Assefa German Τιγκστ Ασεφά Greek Tigst Assefa Spanish Tigist Assefa Basque Tigst Assefa Finnish Tigist Assefa French Tigst Assefa Irish טיגיסט אספה HE
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| Full name | Tigst Assefa Tessema | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 December 1996 Holeta, Oromia, Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gemedu Dedefo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 1st (Marathon, 2023)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tigst Assefa Tessema (Amharic: ትእግስት አሰፋ; Oromo: Tigist Assefaa Tessemaa; born 3 December 1996)[3] is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and the world record holder in the women's marathon. She has won two top-tier World Marathon Majors, both in Berlin. A former 800 meters specialist, Tigst switched to road races in 2018 and ran her first marathon in 2022.[4]
At the age of 16, she won the bronze medal in the 800 meters at the 2013 African Junior Championships. She finished fourth at the senior African Championships the following year, and then represented Ethiopia in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics aged 19. Tigst ran then the third-fastest female marathon in history at the 2022 Berlin Marathon[4] and obliterated the world record by 2 minutes and 11 seconds at the 2023 Berlin Marathon, on 24 September, with a time of 2 hours 11 minutes and 53 seconds,[5][6] becoming the first woman to break the 2:14, 2:13, and 2:12 barriers in a marathon.
- ^ "ASSEFA Tigst | Paris 2024". olympics.com. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/marathon/women?regionType=world&page=1&rankDate=2023-12-26
- ^ "Tigst ASSEFA – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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