Tsigie Gebreselama

Tsigie Gebreselama (born 30 September 2000) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.[1] In 2019, she won the women's 15 kilometres event at the Istanbul Marathon.[2]

Tsigie Gebreselama
Personal information
Born (2000-09-30) September 30, 2000
Sport
CountryEthiopia
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long-distance running

Career

At the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships she 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 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships with a time of 20:50.[3][4]

In the same year, she also won the Montferland Run held in 's-Heerenberg, Netherlands and she set a new course record of 47:29.[5]

She competed in the women's 10,000 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Ethiopia
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 3rd 3,000 m 8:59.20
2019 World Cross Country Championships Aarhus, Denmark 3rd 6,000 m 20:50
Istanbul Marathon Istanbul, Turkey 1st 15,000 m 49:41
Montferland Run 's-Heerenberg, Netherlands 1st 15,000 m 47:29
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 10,000 m DNF

References
  1. "Athletics GEBRESELAMA Tsigie - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-08-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Kenyan, Ethiopian athletes win 41st Istanbul Marathon". Anadolu Agency. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "U20 Race Result". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Junior women's race" (PDF). 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  5. "Twee parcoursrecords sneuvelen bij sterk bezette Montferland Run". NOS (in Dutch). 1 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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