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| Full name | Tigist Ketema Tebo [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 September 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800m, 1500m, 5000m | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 2:02.78 (2017, Heralgo) 1500m: 4:00.91 (2021, Heralgo) 5000m: 16:10.98 (2020, Nairobi) Marathon: 2:16.07 (Dubai, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Tigist Ketema (born 15 September 1998) is an Ethiopian track and field athlete. In 2023, she ran the fastest ever debut marathon time by a woman. [2]
Ketema was a bronze medalist at the World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz in 2016 over 800m. [3] She became national champion in 2016 at that distance, and in June 2017 won gold at the 2017 African U20 Championships in Athletics over 800m in Tlemcen, Algeria. [4]
Ketema won the Great Ethiopian Run 10 km race women’s category, in Addis Ababa, in November 2022. [5] [6] [7]
On 9 June 2023 she acted as a pacemaker for Faith Kipyegon as she broke the world record over 5000m at the Diamond League meeting in Paris. [8]
On 7 January 2024 she won the 2024 Dubai Marathon, finishing the race in 2:16:07. [9] It was the fastest ever debut marathon by a woman. [10]
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