Tigist Girma
Personal information
NationalityEthiopian
Born (1993-07-12) 12 July 1993 (age 30)
Sport
SportTrack and Field
EventMarathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Marathon: 2:18.52 (Valencia, 2022)

Tigist Girma (born 12 July 1993) is an Ethiopian athlete specialising in the marathon.[1]

Early life

Girma was born near Sheshemane, in the south east of Ethiopia. She moved to Addis Ababa in 2015.[2]

Career

She won the Beirut Marathon in 2016,[3] and finished second at the Lanzhou Marathon in China in 2017.[4] She won the 2018 Guangshou Marathon and the won the Ottawa Marathon in 2019.[5]

She ran a 2:19:52 personal best finishing second at the Amsterdam Marathon in 2019, over seven minutes better than her previous personal best.[6] She also finished in the top 10 at the 2020 Tokyo Marathon.[7] In December 2020 at the Valencia Marathon ran a time of 2:19:55.[8] She finished in the top ten at the 2021 London Marathon.[9]

On May 1, 2021, Girma won the Ethiopian Olympic Marathon Trials in Sebeta City.[10][11] She was named in the Ethiopian squad for the games,[12] however she did not compete.[13]

In September 2022 she won the Sydney Marathon.[14] She ran a personal best time of 2:18:52 at the Valencia Marathon in 2022.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Tigist GIRMA | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. ^ Kelsall, Christopher (September 6, 2019). "Tigist Girma Seeking Three IAAF Gold Label Victories in A Row". Athletics Illustrated. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Edwin Kibet Kiptoo and Tigist Girma win Beirut Marathon – global update". Athletics Weekly. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Girma To defend Beirut Marathon title". World Athletics. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  5. ^ Kelsall, Christopher (April 12, 2022). "2019 champion Tigist Girma vying for a course record at the 2022 Tartan Ottawa International Marathon". Athletics Illustrated. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Weekend road round-up: course records broken in Amsterdam, Delhi, Toronto and Lisbon". World Athletics. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Elite Athletes: Tokyo Marathon 2020". Watch Athletics. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Results: Valencia Marathon 2020". Watch Athletics. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Virgin Money London Marathon". World Athletics. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Shura Kitata and Tigist Girma Win Ethiopian Olympic Marathon Trials". LetsRun.com. May 1, 2021.
  11. ^ Samson, Michael (May 10, 2021). "Shura and Tigist win Ethiopian Olympic Marathon trials". Capitalethiopia. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Ethiopia selects 34 athletes for Tokyo | NEWS | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  13. ^ "Athletics - TIGIST GIRMA - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  14. ^ "Kenya's Moses Kibet and Ethiopia's Tigist Girma win Sydney Marathon Titles". Watch Athletics. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  15. ^ Henderson, Jason (December 4, 2022). "Stunning marathon times from Kiptum and Beriso in Valencia". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 February 2024.


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