Melknat Wudu

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Melknat Wudu
Personal information
Full nameMelknat Wudu Shaarew
NationalityEthiopian
Born (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 20)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests3000m: 8:32.34 (Boston, 2024) WU20R
5000m: 14:39.36 (London, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
African Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Accra 5000 m
World U20 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Nairobi 5000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Cali 5000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2021 Nairobi 3000 m
World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Bathurst Junior team

Melknat Wudu Shaarew (born 3 January 2005) is an Ethiopian track and field and cross-country runner. In February 2024, she set a new world U20 3000 metres indoor record. [1]

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Career

2021

Melknat claimed the silver for the women's 5000 m at the 2021 World Under-20 Championships in Nairobi. She also won the bronze medal in the 3000 m in the same competition. [2]

2022

At the 2022 World Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, she won silver in the 5000m for the second consecutive year. [3] [4] In 2022, she also finished fourth in the 5000m at the 2022 African Championships held in Saint Pierre, Mauritius. In October 2022, she won silver at the Northern Ireland International Cross Country 6 km race held in Dundoland, Belfast. [5] [6]

2023

In February 2023, she competed in the junior women's race at the World Cross Country Championships, and her Ethiopian team took gold in the team standings. [7] [8] She finished seventh in the 5000m at the Diamond League event in Stockholm. [9] In July 2023, competing at the Diamond League event in London, she set a new 5000m personal best time of 14:39.36. [10] In December 2023, she finished fifth in the 15 kilometres road race Montferland Run in 's-Heerenberg with a time of 49:22.

2024

In February 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts, she ran a new personal best over 3000 metres, running 8:32.34. This was also a new world under-20 world record. [11] On 11 February 2024, at the Millrose Games recorded the fourth fastest time in history over two miles, running 9:07.12. [12]

In March 2024, she won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the African Games. [13] She finished fourth in the 5000 metres at the 2024 Diamond League event 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in Rabat. [14]

2025

In January 2025, she was runner-up to Beatrice Chebet at the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza in Elgoibar. [15]

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