Tigist Gezahagn Mengistu (born 12 March 2000),[1] also known as Tigist Gezahagn,[2] is an Ethiopian Paralympic athlete. She made her first Paralympic appearance representing Ethiopia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. During the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she created history by becoming the first ever gold medalist for Ethiopia in the history of Paralympics.[3]
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| Full name | Tigist Gezahagn Mengistu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ethiopian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 March 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editShe won gold in the women's T13 1500m event at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. It was also Ethiopia's first ever gold medal at the Paralympics and her medal achievement was only the third Paralympic medal for Ethiopia with two other medals bring silver.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Athletics - MENIGSTU Tigist Gezahagn". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Athlete Tigist Gezahagn Wins Historic Paralympic Gold for Ethiopia". Ethiopian Monitor. 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Mengistu takes Ethiopia to the top in Tokyo". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Day 4 review: History for Ethiopia's Mengistu on a day of shocks". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 August 2021.