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| Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 February 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:57.47 (Zagreb, 2024) 1500m: 3:58.98 (Paris, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nigist Getachew (28 February 2002) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner. She was a silver medalist over 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships. [1]
She was active on the Diamond League circuit in 2024. She raced over 1500 metres at the 2024 Xiamen Diamond League in China. [2] She ran under two minutes for the 800 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm, in a race won by Scotland's Jemma Reekie in June 2024. [3] She ran a 1500 metres personal best of 3:58.98 in the Diamond League at the 2024 Meeting de Paris event in July 2024. [4] [5]
She was named as a travelling reserve for the Ethiopian squad for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in July 2024. [6] In September 2024, she ran a personal best 1:57.47 for the 800 metres on the World Athletics Continental Gold Tour event in Zagreb. [7]
She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where she ran an indoor personal best 1:59.63 to win the silver medal in the women’s 800 metres race. [8] [9] She placed sixth in the 800 metres at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025. [10] In July 2025, she was named as part of the Ethiopian team for the 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [11]
