Melknat Wudu

Melknat Wudu

Personal information
Full name	Melknat Wudu Shaarew
Nationality	Ethiopian
Born	(2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 21)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	3000m: 8:32.34 (Boston, 2024) 5000m: 14:39.36 (London, 2023)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Ethiopia African Games 2023 Accra 5000 m

Melknat Wudu Shaarew (born 3 January 2005) is an Ethiopian track and field and cross-country runner. She won the bronze medal over 5000 metres at the 2023 African Games. ^[1]

In February 2024, she set a new world U20 3000 metres indoor record. However, this was not ratified by World Athletics amid uncertainty over her age. ^[2]

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. ^[3]

2022

At the 2022 World Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, she won silver in the 5000m for the second consecutive year. ^{[4] [5]} 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. ^{[6] [7]}

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. ^{[8] [9]} She finished seventh in the 5000m at the Diamond League event in Stockholm. ^[10] In July 2023, competing at the Diamond League event in London, she set a new 5000m personal best time of 14:39.36. ^[11] 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. ^[12] On 11 February 2024, at the Millrose Games recorded the fourth fastest time in history over two miles, running 9:07.12. ^[13]

In March 2024, she won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the African Games. ^[14] She finished fourth in the 5000 metres at the 2024 Diamond League event 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in Rabat. ^[15]

2025

In January 2025, she was runner-up to Beatrice Chebet at the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza in Elgoibar. ^[16] In August 2025, she won the Falmouth Road Race in Falmouth, Massachusetts. ^[17]

References

1. "Melknat Wudu". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
2. Dickinson, Marley (5 March 2026). "World Athletics rejects five U20 world records due to age cheating". Runningnagazine.ca. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
3. "World Athletics U20 Championships: Namibia's Masilingi takes 100m silver in Nairobi". BBC Sport. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
4. "Results: 5000 Metres Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
5. Rowbottom, Mike (6 August 2022). "Hill sets World Athletics Under-20 Championships 100m hurdles record as Ethiopia dominate long distance on last day". Inside the Games . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
6. "World U20 Champions Set for NI International Cross Country". AthleticsNI.org. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
7. "Northern Ireland International Cross Country Results". World Athletics . 22 October 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
8. Evans, Louise (18 February 2023). "Getachew grabs surprise U20 women's gold in Bathurst". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
9. Henderson, Jason (18 February 2023). "Senayet Getachew sprints to under-20 women's world cross title". AW . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
10. "Women's 5000m Results: Stockholm Diamond League 2023". Watch Athletics. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
11. "5000M". London.Diamondleague.com. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
12. Henderson, Jason (5 February 2024). "Jake Wightman runner-up to Hobbs Kessler in track comeback". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
13. "Devynne Charlton sets 60m Hurdles World Record with 7.67 at Millorse Games". Watch Athletics. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
14. Onyatta, Omondi (18 March 2024). "Chepkoech Finishes Fourth As Ethiopians Clinch All Medals In Women's 5000m At African Games". Capitalfm.co.ke. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
15. "Rabat/Marrakech Diamond League 2024 - Results". Watch Athletics. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
16. "Chebet and Aregawi confirm supremacy in Elgoibar". World Athletics. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
17. "Amon Kemboi, Melknat Wudu Sharew win Falmouth Road Race titles". Boston Globe. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025.

External links

• Melknat Wudu at World Athletics
• Melknat Wudu at InterSportStats