Mestawet Tufa ( Amharic: መስታወት ቱፋ; born 14 September 1983 in Arsi) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She was the winner of the women's

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at the

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and the runner up in the senior women's race at the 2008 World Cross Country Championships.

Career

She competed at the

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, but did not finish her 10,000 metres race. Tufa equaled the 15 Kilometres road running African record of 46:57 minutes in Nijmegen in November 2008.

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had run the same time in 1991. She competed in her first mountain race at the Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race in

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. She ran strongly, leading the race until the last 400 m. However, she failed to finish as she collapsed due to severe dehydration 50 m from the finish line and was treated by a medical team. She returned to the race the following year and finished as runner-up, just one second behind the winner Mamitu Daska. She took third place at the

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10-mile run in September 2010, finishing with a time of 52:43. Mestawet set a course record of 1:10:03 to win the 2013

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Achievements

Personal bests

* 3000 metres - 8:47.41 (2006) * 5000 metres - 14:51.72 (2007) *

- 30:38.33 (2008) *

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- 1:09:11 (2009)

References

External links

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Mestewat Tufa- Let Her Run! - Profiel from Ethiopian Running Blog
''Roocha.net''. 08-July-2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tufa, Mestawet 1983 births Living people Ethiopian female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ethiopia Sportspeople from Oromia Region Ethiopian female marathon runners African Games gold medalists for Ethiopia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games