Ethiopian athlete (born 2001)
Tsige Duguma (Amharic : ጽጌ ዱጉማ ; born 23 February 2001) is an Ethiopian track and field athlete who won gold at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships over 800 metres . She is also an Ethiopian national champion over 400 metres .[ 1]
Career
She was a silver medalist over 200 metres at the 2017 African U20 Championships in Athletics in Algeria .[ 2]
In March 2022, she won the Ethiopian national indoor championships over 400 metres in Hawassa .[ 3]
In July 2023, she set a new personal best over 800 metres , breaking the 2-minute barrier for the first time as she record 1:59.40 in Belgium.[ 4]
In February 2024, she completed a front-running victory over 800 metres in Belgrade in a time of 1:59.66.[ 5]
She won gold at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in the women's 800 metres .[ 6] She had previously won her qualifying heat in a time of 2:00.50, and won her semi-final in a personal best time 1:58.35.[ 7] [ 8] She became Ethiopia's first women's world indoor champion in the discipline.[ 9]
In March 2024, she won gold in the 800 metres at the African Games .[ 10]
Tsige ran a personal best of 1:57.15 in the final of the 800 m at the Paris Olympics to place second and earn a silver medal behind winner Keely Hodgkinson .
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