Tigist Ketema

Tigist Ketema
nation	Ethiopia
birthday	15th September 1998 (age 21)
place of birth	Ethiopia
Career
discipline	Middle distance run
status	active
Medal table
U20 world championships 0 × 0 × 1 × U20 African Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Junior World Championships bronze Bydgoszcz 2016 800 m Junior African Championships gold Tlemcen 2017 800 m
last change: February 5, 2020

Tigist Ketema (born September 15, 1998 ) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800-meter run .

Athletic career

Tigist Ketema gained her first international experience at the 2016 African Championships in Durban , where she was eliminated in the first round with 2: 04.61 minutes. Then she won the bronze medal at the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz in 2: 05.13 minutes. The following year she won the Junior African Championships in Tlemcen in 2: 05.85 min.

In 2016, Ketema became the Ethiopian champion in the 800-meter run.

Personal bests

• 800 meters: 2: 02.28 min, June 10, 2017 in Hengelo
  • 800 meters (hall): 2: 02.00 min, February 7, 2017 in Sabadell
• 1500 meters: 4: 05.09 min, July 2, 2019 in Marseille
  • 1500 meters (hall): 4: 07.40 min, February 5, 2020 in Ostrava
• 2000 meters: 5: 41.24 min, June 11, 2019 in Montreuil
  • 3000 meters (hall): 8: 56.63 min, February 12, 2019 in Eaubonne

Web links

• Tigist Ketema in the database of World Athletics (English)