Tsige Duguma Gemechu (born 23 February 2001) is an Ethiopian track and field athlete who won gold at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships over

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. She is also an Ethiopian national champion over

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Career

She was a silver medalist over

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at the

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. In March 2022, she won the Ethiopian national indoor championships over

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. In July 2023, she set a new personal best over

, breaking the 2-minute barrier for the first time as she record 1:59.40 in Belgium. In February 2024, she completed a front-running victory over 800 metres in

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in a time of 1:59.66. She won gold at the

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in the women's 800 metres. She had previously won her qualifying heat in a time of 2:00.50, and won her semi-final in a personal best time 1:58.35. She became Ethiopia’s first women’s world indoor champion in the discipline. In March 2024, she won gold in the 800 metres at the

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References

2001 births Living people Ethiopian female middle-distance runners Place of birth missing (living people) World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games African Games gold medalists for Ethiopia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub