# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tigst-assefa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:33:44.240Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tigst-assefa"
name: "Tigst Assefa"
slug: "tigst-assefa"
description: "Tigst Assefa Tessema is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and the current world record holder in the women's marathon. She has won four World Marathon Majors, twice in Berlin and twice in London. A former 800 metres specialist, Tigst switched to road races in 2018 and ran her first marathon in 2022."
tagline: "Ethiopian middle-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tigst_Assefa_(ETH)_2024.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
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birthDate: "1996-12-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5649717514124292
  historical:           20.82524133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump