Melknat Wudu
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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 best(s) | 3000m: 8:32.34 (Boston, 2024) 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. 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
- ^ "Melknat Wudu". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ Dickinson, Marley (5 March 2026). "World Athletics rejects five U20 world records due to age cheating". Runningnagazine.ca. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships: Namibia's Masilingi takes 100m silver in Nairobi". BBC Sport. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Results: 5000 Metres Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "World U20 Champions Set for NI International Cross Country". AthleticsNI.org. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Northern Ireland International Cross Country Results". World Athletics. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ Evans, Louise (18 February 2023). "Getachew grabs surprise U20 women's gold in Bathurst". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (18 February 2023). "Senayet Getachew sprints to under-20 women's world cross title". AW. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ "Women's 5000m Results: Stockholm Diamond League 2023". Watch Athletics. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "5000M". London.Diamondleague.com. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (5 February 2024). "Jake Wightman runner-up to Hobbs Kessler in track comeback". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Devynne Charlton sets 60m Hurdles World Record with 7.67 at Millorse Games". Watch Athletics. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Rabat/Marrakech Diamond League 2024 - Results". Watch Athletics. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Chebet and Aregawi confirm supremacy in Elgoibar". World Athletics. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "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
