Tigist Ketema

Tigist Ketema (born 15 September 1998) is an Ethiopian track and field athlete.

[3] She became national champion in 2016 at that distance, and in June 2017 won gold at the 2017 African U20 Championships in Athletics over 800m in Tlemcen, Algeria.

[4] Ketema won the Great Ethiopian Run 10 km race women’s category, in Addis Ababa, in November 2022.

[5][6][7] On 9 June 2023 she acted as a pacemaker for Faith Kipyegon as she broke the world record over 5000m at the Diamond League meeting in Paris.

[8] On 7 January 2024 she won the 2024 Dubai Marathon, finishing the race in 2:16:07.