Tsigie Gebreselama

Tsigie Gebreselama
Tsigie in the 10,000 m at the 2024 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityEthiopian
Born (2000-09-30) September 30, 2000 (age 24)
Saesi Tsaedaemba, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Sport
CountryEthiopia
SportAthletics
EventLong-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tampere 3000 m
World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Aarhus Junior team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bathurst Senior race
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bathurst Senior team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Aarhus Junior race

Tsigie Gebreselama (born 30 September 2000) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the women's race at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships and bronze for the junior women's race at the 2019 World Cross Country Championships. In 2019, she also won the 15 km road race at the Istanbul Marathon.[1]

Career

At the 2018 World Under-20 Championships, 17-year-old Tsigie Gebreselama won the bronze medal in the women's 3000 metres event.

In 2019, she won the bronze medal in the junior women's race at the World Cross Country Championships with a time of 20:50.[2][3] In the same year, she also won the 15 km Montferland Run held in 's-Heerenberg, Netherlands, setting a new course record of 47:29.[4]

The 20-year-old competed in the women's 10,000 metres event at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021.[5]

She won the silver medal for the women's race at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships held in Bathurst, Australia.[6]

In 2024, She won the 5000 metres at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene clocking a time of 14:18.76 moving her up to 14th on the all time top list[7] She competed in the women's 10,000 metres event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.

Achievements

International competitions

Representing  Ethiopia
Year Competition Venue Position Event Result
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 3rd 3000 m 8:59.20
2019 World Cross Country Championships Aarhus, Denmark 3rd Junior race 20:50
1st Junior team 17 pts
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 10,000 m DNF
2023 World Cross Country Championships Bathurst, Australia 2nd Senior race 33:56
2nd Team 25 pts
Road races
2018 Great Ethiopian Run Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 3rd 10 km 33:53
2019 Istanbul Marathon Istanbul, Turkey 1st 15 km 49:42
Great Ethiopian Run Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2nd 10 km 32:21
Montferland Run 's-Heerenberg, Netherlands 1st 15 km 47:29
2020 Women's First 5 km Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1st 5 km 15:20
2021 Great Ethiopian Run Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1st 10 km 32:33
2022 Corrida de Langueux Langueux, France 2nd 10 km 30:53
Copenhagen Half Marathon Copenhagen, Denmark 2nd Half marathon 1:06:35
Valencia Half Marathon Valencia, Spain 2nd Half marathon 1:05:46
Jeddah Half Marathon Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 4th Half marathon 1:08:59

National titles

References

  1. ^ "Kenyan, Ethiopian athletes win 41st Istanbul Marathon". Anadolu Agency. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  2. ^ "U20 Race Result". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Junior women's race" (PDF). 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Twee parcoursrecords sneuvelen bij sterk bezette Montferland Run". NOS (in Dutch). 1 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Athletics - GEBRESELAMA Tsigie". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  6. ^ "In Bathurst, the "World's Greatest Footrace" Lived Up to Its Name". LetsRun.com. February 18, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  7. ^ Grief, Andrew (May 25, 2024). "Chebet breaks world 10,000m record, Kerr pips Ingebrigtsen in mile in Eugene". World Athletics. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
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