Tsigie Gebreselama (born 30 September 2000) is an Ethiopian
long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the women's race at the
2023 World Cross Country Championships and bronze for the junior women's race at the
2019 World Cross Country Championships. In 2019, she also won the
15 km road race at the
Istanbul Marathon
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.
Career
At the
2018 World Under-20 Championships, 17-year-old Tsigie Gebreselama won the bronze medal in the
women's 3000 metres event.
In 2019, she won the bronze medal in the
junior women's race at the
World Cross Country Championships with a time of 20:50. In the same year, she also won the 15 km
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Unlike many elite level road ...
held in
's-Heerenberg
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, Netherlands, setting a new course record of 47:29.
The 20-year-old competed in the
women's 10,000 metres event at the postponed
2020 Tokyo Olympics
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in 2021.
She won the silver medal for the women's race at the
2023 World Cross Country Championships held in
Bathurst, Australia.
Achievements
International competitions
National titles
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Ethiopian Athletics Championships
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10,000 metres
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: 2021
References
External links
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Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Ethiopian female long-distance runners
Ethiopian female cross country runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Ethiopia
Olympic female marathon runners
2000 births
21st-century Ethiopian women
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