Tigist Mengistu Explained

Tigist Gezahagn
Full Name:	Tigist Gezahagn Mengistu
Nationality:	Ethiopian
Birth Date:	12 March 2000
Sport:	Para-athletics
Disability Class:	T13

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]

Career

She 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics - MENIGSTU Tigist Gezahagn . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 29 August 2021 . 28 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210828104515/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1724927-menigstu-tigist-gezahagn.htm . dead.
2. News: Athlete Tigist Gezahagn Wins Historic Paralympic Gold for Ethiopia . Ethiopian Monitor . 28 August 2021.
3. Web site: Mengistu takes Ethiopia to the top in Tokyo . Paralympic.org . . 29 August 2021.
4. Web site: Day 4 review: History for Ethiopia's Mengistu on a day of shocks . Paralympic.org . International Paralympic Committee . 29 August 2021.