Mestawat Tadesse (born 19 July 1985) is an Ethiopian middle distance

runner Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is ...

who specializes in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...

. Tadesse finished fifth at the 2006 African Championships and tenth at the 2006 World Athletics Final.

Personal bests

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ...

- 2:05.40 min (2004) *

- 4:04.61 min (2006) *One mile - 4:28.51 min (2003) * 3000 metres - 9:01.86 min (2005)

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* 1985 births Living people Ethiopian female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ethiopia 20th-century Ethiopian women 21st-century Ethiopian women 21st-century Ethiopian people {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub