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Tsigie Gebreselama
Ethiopian long-distance runner From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1]
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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.[2][3] In the same year, she also won the 15 km Montferland Run held in 's-Heerenberg, Netherlands, setting a new course record of 47:29.[4]
The 20-year-old competed in the women's 10,000 metres event at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021.[5]
She won the silver medal for the women's race at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships held in Bathurst, Australia.[6]
In 2024, She won the 5000 metres at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene clocking a time of 14:18.76 moving her up to 14th on the all time top list[7] She competed in the women's 10,000 metres event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.
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