Meseret Yeshaneh

Meseret Yeshaneh
Personal information
NationalityEthiopian
Born (2005-05-12) 12 May 2005
Sport
CountryEthiopia
SportAthletics
Event
3000 metres steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal bests3000 m st.: 9:33.34 (Nairobi, 2022)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 Cali3000 m st.
World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 BathurstJunior team

Meseret Yeshaneh (born 12 May 2005) is an Ethiopian runner.[1]

Career

She was a bronze medalist at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[2]

She finished sixth in the individual U20 event and gold in the team U20 event at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia.[3][4] She finished fourth at the Cardiff Cross Challenge, on the World Athletics Cross Country Tour, in November 2023.[5]

She won 3000 metres at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting, on the World Athletics Indoor Tour, in a time of 8:56.32 in January 2025.[6]

Personal life

She is the sister of marathon runner Ababel Yeshaneh.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Meseret Yeshaneh". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Authoritative Cherotich delivers steeplechase gold in Cali, Mutunga claims 400m silver". Michezo Afrika. August 4, 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "44th World Athletics Cross Country Championships | Results". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "WXC Bathurst 23 U20 women's preview: clash of the global medallists". World Athletics. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Keith and Kiprop claim Cardiff Cross Challenge crowns". World Athletics. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Montler topples Tentoglou in Belgrade". World Athletics. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Abadel Yeshaneh targets return to Adnoc Abu Dhabi Marathon in 2019 after storming to inaugural title". The National News. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2025.