Nigist Getachew
Ethiopian middle-distance runner (born 2002)
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Nigist Getachew (28 February 2002) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner. She was a silver medalist over 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
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| Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 February 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:57.01 (Heusden-Zolder, 2025) 1500m: 3:58.98 (Paris, 2024) Indoor 800m: 1:59.32 (Toruń, 2026) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
2024
She was active on the Diamond League circuit in 2024. She raced over 1500 metres at the 2024 Xiamen Diamond League in China.[2] She ran under two minutes for the 800 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm, in a race won by Scotland's Jemma Reekie in June 2024.[3] She ran a 1500 metres personal best of 3:58.98 in the Diamond League at the 2024 Meeting de Paris event in July 2024.[4][5]
She was named as a travelling reserve for the Ethiopian squad for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in July 2024.[6] In September 2024, she ran a personal best 1:57.47 for the 800 metres on the World Athletics Continental Gold Tour event in Zagreb.[7]
2025
She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where she ran an indoor personal best 1:59.63 to win the silver medal in the women’s 800 metres race.[8][9] She placed sixth in the 800 metres at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025.[10] In September 2025, she competed in the women's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[11][12]
2026
Getachew opened 2026 with a victory and meeting record of 1:59.98 for the 800 metres at the Czech Golden Gala in Ostrava on 3 February 2026.[13] She lowered her indoor personal best to 1:59.54 on 19 February in Liévin.[14] Getachew improved her PB to 1:59.32 to win the 800 metres at the Copernicus Cup in Toruń on 22 February 2026.[15] The following month in Toruń, Poland, she placed fourth overall in the final of the 800 m 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[16][17]
In April, Getachew won the women's 800m, defeating world champion Lilian Odira, in a time of 1:58.79 at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi.[18]