Tigst Assefa

Tigst Assefa
	Tigst on her way to the world record at the 2023 Berlin Marathon
Personal information
Full name	Tigst Assefa Tessema
Born	3 December 1996 (age 27); Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Country	Ethiopia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long-distance running
Coached by	Gemedu Dedefo
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	1st (Marathon, 2023)
Personal bests	800 m: 1:59.24 (Lausanne 2014); Marathon: 2:11:53 WR (Berlin 2023);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Ethiopia
World Marathon Majors
African Junior Championships

Tigst Assefa Tessema (Amharic: ትእግስት አሰፋ; born 3 December 1996)^[2] is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and the world record holder in the womens' marathon. She has competed in and won two top-tier World Marathon Majors, both in Berlin. A former 800 metres specialist, Tigst switched to road races in 2018 and ran her first marathon in 2022.^[3]

At the age of 16, she won the bronze medal in the 800 m 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^[3] and obliterated the world record by 2:11 minutes at the 2023 Berlin Marathon, on 24 September, with a time of 2 hours 11 minutes and 53 seconds,^[4]^[5] becoming the first woman to break the 2:14-hour, 2:13-hour and 2:12-hour barriers in a marathon.

^ 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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