Tigest Getent

Tigest Getent Mekonen at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games

Tigest Getent Mekonin, sometimes Tigist or Mekonen (born July 7, 1997, in Dembecha, Ethiopia) is a Bahraini steeplechase runner. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase race; her time of 9:49.92 in the heats did not qualify her for the final.^[1][2]

In 2017, she competed in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics held in London, United Kingdom.^[3] She did not advance to compete in the final.^[3]

References

1. "Tigest Getent". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
2. "Women's 3000m Steeplechase - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 5, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
3. "Women's 3000 metres steeplechase – Heats" (PDF). 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.