Tigist Girma (born 12 July 1993) is an Ethiopian athlete specialising in the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

Early life

Girma was born near Sheshemane, in the south east of Ethiopia. She moved to

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

in 2015.

Career

She won the

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in 2016, and finished second at the Lanzhou Marathon in China in 2017. She won the 2018 Guangshou Marathon and the won the

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in 2019. She ran a 2:19:52 personal best finishing second at the

Amsterdam Marathon The Amsterdam Marathon (branded TCS Amsterdam Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon (42.195 km) in Amsterdam in the Netherlands since 1975. The road race has a Platinum Label from World Athletics. During the event, there a ...

in 2019, over seven minutes better than her previous personal best. She also finished in the top 10 at the 2020

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. In December 2020 at the

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ran a time of 2:19:55. She finished in the top ten at the

2021 London Marathon The 2021 London Marathon was the 41st running of the annual London Marathon on 3 October 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race was postponed from April until October to maximise the chances of a mass participation event. The elite even ...

. On May 1, 2021, Girma won the Ethiopian Olympic Marathon Trials in

Sebeta City Sebeta City (Oromo language, Oromo: ''Magaalaa sabbataa''; Amharic: ሰበታ ከተማ, Sebeta Ketema) is a professional Association football, football club based in Sebeta, Ethiopia. They play in the Ethiopian Premier League, the top division of ...

. She was named in the Ethiopian squad for the games, however she did not compete. In September 2022 she won the Sydney Marathon. She ran a personal best time of 2:18:52 at the Valencia Marathon in 2022.

References

1993 births Living people Ethiopian female long-distance runners Ethiopian female marathon runners 21st-century Ethiopian women 21st-century Ethiopian people {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub