Tigist Gezahagn Mengistu (born 12 March 2000), also known as Tigist Gezahagn, is an Ethiopian Paralympic athlete. She made her first Paralympic appearance representing Ethiopia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. During the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

, she created history by becoming the first ever gold medalist for Ethiopia in the history of Paralympics.

Career

She won gold in the women's T13 1500m event at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. It was also Ethiopia's first ever gold medal at the Paralympics and her medal achievement was only the third Paralympic medal for Ethiopia with two other medals bring silver.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mengistu, Tigist 2000 births Living people Ethiopian female middle-distance runners Paralympic athletes for Ethiopia Paralympic gold medalists for Ethiopia Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Ethiopian women 21st-century Ethiopian people