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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 Asaffaa Tasammaa; born 3 December 1996)[3] is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and the former 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. Her world record has since been broken by Ruth Chepng'etich, who ran 2 hours 9 minutes and 56 seconds at the 2024 Chicago Marathon on 13 October.[7]
- ^ "ASSEFA Tigst". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "World Rankings | Women's Marathon (Half Marathon-25km-30km)".
- ^ "Tigst ASSEFA – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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BBC_20230929was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Ruth Chepngetich does something no other woman has done before in 2024 Chicago Marathon with likely world record finish". NBC Chicago. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.