Hirut Meshesha (born 20 January 2001) is an Ethiopian

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

. She won the bronze medal in the women's

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at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in

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. Meshesha took gold for the

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at the

2019 African Games The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017. Bidding process The 12th ...

Career

Hirut Meshesha gained her first international experience at the

2017 IAAF World U18 Championships The 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships was the tenth and last edition of the biennial international athletics competition for youth (under-18) athletes. The five-day competition took place between 12 and 16 July at the Moi International Sports Cen ...

held in Nairobi, Kenya, where she won the bronze medal in the girls' 800 metres. She then went to Argentina for

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held ...

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and took bronze in the girls' 800m event In April 2019, she competed at the African U18 and U20 Championships, which were held in

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, Ivory Coast, and won the silver medal at 800m in the under-20 women category. A month later, she won the women's 800 metres at the

Ethiopian Athletics Championships The Ethiopian Athletics Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Ethiopian Athletics Federation, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Ethiopia. The competition was first held in 1971.

. In August, Meshesha represented Ethiopia at the

held in

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, Morocco and won the gold medal in the 800m event. She earned the bronze medal for the women's 1500 metres at the 2022 World Indoor Championships held in

, Serbia. Her compatriot

Gudaf Tsegay Gudaf Tsegay Desta (born 23 January 1997) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist in the women's 5000 metres. At the World Athletics Championships, she won a bronze for the 1500 metres i ...

led and Ethiopian medals sweep as

Axumawit Embaye Axumawit Alem Embaye (Amharic: አክሱማዊት አምባዬ; born 18 October 1994) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner, who specialises in the 1500 metres. She is a two-time World Athletics Indoor Championships, World Indoor Championship si ...

came second.

Competition record

Circuit wins, and National championships

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(3) (1500 m): Rabat Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme, Rome Golden Gala, Chorzów Kamila Skolimowska Memorial * Ethiopian Championships **

: 2019

Personal bests

– 3:57.30 (2022) ** 1500 metres indoor – 4:02.14 (2022)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meshesha, Hirut 2001 births Living people Ethiopian female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games African Games gold medalists for Ethiopia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 African Youth Games African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Ethiopian Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists 21st-century Ethiopian women 21st-century Ethiopian people