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| Full name | Melknat Wudu Shaarew | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 January 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 3000m: 8:32.34 (Boston, 2024) WU20R 5000m: 14:39.36 (London, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
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]
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.
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]
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