.jpg) Meselech Melkamu at the 2009 World Championships. | ||
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Ethiopia
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| Women's athletics | ||
| World Championships | ||
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2009 Berlin | 10,000 m |
| World Indoor Championships | ||
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2008 Valencia | 3000 m |
| World Cross Country Championships | ||
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2004 Bruxelles | Junior race |
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2006 Fukuoka | Long race |
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2006 Fukuoka | Short race |
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2007 Mombasa | Senior race |
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2009 Amman | Senior race |
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2010 Bydgoszcz | Senior race |
| African Championships | ||
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2008 Addis Ababa | 5000 m |
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2010 Nairobi | 10,000 m |
Meselech Melkamu (born 19 April 1985) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She defeated Meseret Defar to win the 5000 metres gold medal at the 2008 African Athletics Championships, but she is better known for her 29:53.80 run over 10,000 metres in 2009, which until August 2016 ranked her second on the all-time list behind world record holder Wang Junxia. She is one of seven women in history to break the 30-minute barrier and one of four Ethiopians to accomplish the feat.[1][2]
Melkamu was born in Debre Marqos. Since 2012, she has competed in road races. She won the 2012 Frankfurt Marathon in a course record and personal best of 2:21:01 hours.
- ^ Women's 10,000 all-time list, 28 June 2017, accessed 5 July 2017
- ^ "Melkamu stuns with 29:53.80 run in Utrecht". International Association of Athletics Federations. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2016.