In this Ethiopian name, the name Assefa Tessema is a patronymic, and the person should be referred by the given name, Tigst.
Tigst Assefa
Tigst on her way to the world record at the 2023 Berlin Marathon
Personal information
Full name
Tigst Assefa Tessema
Born
(1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 27) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Height
1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight
53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Country
Ethiopia
Sport
Athletics
Event
Long-distance running
Coached by
Gemedu Dedefo
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
1st (Marathon, 2023)[1]
Personal bests
800 m: 1:59.24 (Lausanne 2014)
Marathon: 2:11:53 WR (Berlin 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Ethiopia
World Marathon Majors
2022 Berlin
Marathon
2023 Berlin
Marathon
2024 London
Marathon
African Junior Championships
2013 Bambous
4x400 m relay
2013 Bambous
800 m
Tigst Assefa Tessema (Amharic: ትእግስት አሰፋ; born 3 December 1996)[2] is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and the marathon female world record holder. She is the only woman in history to run a marathon in under two hours 12 minutes and two hours 13 minutes. She has competed in and won two top-tier World Marathon Majors, both in Berlin. A former 800 metres specialist, Tigst was the first woman to break 2:00 in the event and 2:20:00 in the marathon, and remains the only woman under 2:00 and 2:13:00, respectively.
At the age of 16, she won the bronze medal in the 800 m at the 2013 African Junior Championships. She finished fourth at the senior African Championships the following year, and then represented Ethiopia in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics aged 19. Tigst ran then the third-fastest female marathon in history at the 2022 Berlin Marathon[3] and obliterated the world record by 2:11 minutes at the 2023 Berlin Marathon, on 24 September, with a time of 2 hours 11 minutes and 53 seconds,[4][5] becoming the first woman to break the 2:14-hour, 2:13-hour and 2:12-hour barriers in a marathon.
TigstAssefa Tessema (Amharic: ትእግስት አሰፋ; born 3 December 1996) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and the marathon female world record holder. She is...
on October 8, 2023, at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. Ethiopian athlete TigstAssefa broke the women's world record for a mixed-gender race with a time of...
Meskerem Assefa (born 1985), Ethiopian runner Samuel Assefa, Ethiopian academic and diplomat Sofia Assefa (born 1987), Ethiopian long-distance runner Tigst Assefa...
runners from 156 countries took part in the event. Ethiopian runner TigstAssefa set a new marathon world record for women, winning the race with a time...
Kiptum of Kenya on 8 October 2023. The world record for women was set by TigstAssefa of Ethiopia in the Berlin Marathon on 24 September 2023, in 2 hours 11...
2022 edition, where Eliud Kipchoge won the men's race in 2:01:09. Tigist Assefa set a new women's world record in 2023 with 2:11:53. In the wheelchair race...
October 2019. "TigstAssefa shatters marathon world record in Berlin". NBC Sports. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Assefa smashes world...
reached the 10 km (6.2 mi) mark in 31:05, forty seconds faster than TigstAssefa did when she set the world record in Berlin two weeks earlier. Chepng'etich...
November 2021. "TigstAssefa Berlin Marathon 2023 Result". mikatiming.com. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023. "TigstAssefa London Marathon...
Marathon nine times. Kosgei's record was broken when Ethiopian runner TigstAssefa won the 2023 Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:11:53. New York City Marathon...
13 October 2019. "TigstAssefa Berlin Marathon 2023 Result". mikatiming.com. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023. "Assefa smashes world marathon...
or superior to 1:20:40: Ruth Chepngetich also run 1:18:06+ Mx (2023). TigstAssefa also run 1:19:38+ Wo (2024). Brigid Kosgei also run 1:19:47+ Wo (2024)...
2023 Result". sporthive.com. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024. "Assefa smashes world marathon record in Berlin with 2:11:53, Kipchoge achieves...
Marathon in Germany Berlin Male winner: Eliud Kipchoge Female winner: TigstAssefa October 8: 2023 Chicago Marathon in Chicago Male winner: Kelvin Kiptum...
September 2023. "TigstAssefa shatters marathon world record in Berlin". NBC Sports. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Assefa smashes world...