Athlete Profile

Meselech Melkamu

  • COUNTRY Ethiopia Ethiopia
  • DATE OF BIRTH 27 APR 1985
Meselech Melkamu (Getty Images)
Personal Best - Outdoor
Performance Wind Place Date
1500 Metres 4:07.52 Doha 11 MAY 2007
One Mile 4:33.94 Villeneuve-d'Ascq 15 JUN 2003
3000 Metres 8:34.73 Zürich 19 AUG 2005
5000 Metres 14:31.91 Shanghai 23 MAY 2010
10,000 Metres 29:53.80 Utrecht 14 JUN 2009
10 Kilometres 31:33 Tilburg 05 SEP 2010
20 Kilometres 1:06:43 Frankfurt 28 OCT 2012
Half Marathon 1:08:05 Ras Al Khaimah 15 FEB 2013
25 Kilometres 1:23:23 Frankfurt 28 OCT 2012
30 Kilometres 1:39:58 Frankfurt 28 OCT 2012
Marathon 2:21:01 Frankfurt 28 OCT 2012
Personal Best - Indoor
Performance Wind Place Date
3000 Metres 8:23.74 Stuttgart 03 FEB 2007
Progression - Outdoor
1500 Metres
Performance Wind Place Date
2009 4:08.10 Shanghai 20 SEP
2008 4:08.79 Shanghai 20 SEP
2007 4:07.52 Doha 11 MAY
2004 4:16.03 Ostrava 08 JUN
2003 4:09.77 San Sebastián 10 AUG
One Mile
Performance Wind Place Date
2003 4:33.94 Villeneuve-d'Ascq 15 JUN
3000 Metres
Performance Wind Place Date
2010 8:40.08 Lausanne 08 JUL
2009 8:51.35 Tanger 12 JUL
2006 8:40.99 Ostrava 30 MAY
2005 8:34.73 Zürich 19 AUG
2004 8:57.81 Doha 14 MAY
2003 8:51.20 Zürich 15 AUG
5000 Metres
Performance Wind Place Date
2011 14:39.44 Oslo (Bislett) 09 JUN
2010 14:31.91 Shanghai 23 MAY
2009 14:34.17 Ostrava 17 JUN
2008 14:38.78 Roma 11 JUL
2007 14:33.83 Ostrava 27 JUN
2006 14:37.44 Oslo 02 JUN
2005 14:38.97 Roma 08 JUL
2004 15:00.02 Milano 02 JUN
2003 15:27.93 Sevilla 07 JUN
10,000 Metres
Performance Wind Place Date
2011 30:56.55 Daegu 27 AUG
2010 31:04.52 Ostrava 27 MAY
2009 29:53.80 Utrecht 14 JUN
2008 31:04.93 Ostrava 12 JUN
10 Kilometres
Performance Wind Place Date
2010 31:33 Tilburg 05 SEP
2006 31:41 Dublin 09 APR
20 Kilometres
Performance Wind Place Date
2012 1:06:43 Frankfurt 28 OCT
Half Marathon
Performance Wind Place Date
2013 1:08:05 Ras Al Khaimah 15 FEB
2012 1:10:25 Frankfurt 28 OCT
25 Kilometres
Performance Wind Place Date
2012 1:23:23 Frankfurt 28 OCT
30 Kilometres
Performance Wind Place Date
2012 1:39:58 Frankfurt 28 OCT
Marathon
Performance Wind Place Date
2012 2:21:01 Frankfurt 28 OCT
Progression - Indoor
3000 Metres
Performance Wind Place Date
2012 8:43.93 Karlsruhe 12 FEB
2008 8:29.48 Valencia, ESP 09 FEB
2007 8:23.74 Stuttgart 03 FEB
3000 Metres
Rank Mark Wind Place Date
12th IAAF World Indoor Championships 2 8:41.50 Valencia, ESP 08 MAR 2008
3rd IAAF World Athletics Final 5 8:50.42 Monaco 10 SEP 2005
5000 Metres
Rank Mark Wind Place Date
IAAF/VTB Bank World Athletics Final 9 15:32.58 Thessaloniki 12 SEP 2009
12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 5 15:03.72 Berlin 22 AUG 2009
6th IAAF/VTB Bank World Athletics Final 3 14:58.76 Stuttgart 13 SEP 2008
The XXIX Olympic Games 8 15:49.03 Beijing (National Stadium) 22 AUG 2008
5th IAAF World Athletics Final 5 15:06.20 Stuttgart 22 SEP 2007
11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 6 15:01.42 Osaka 01 SEP 2007
4th IAAF World Athletics Final 6 16:08.03 Stuttgart 09 SEP 2006
10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 4 14:43.47 Helsinki 13 AUG 2005
10th IAAF World Junior Championships 1 15:21.52 Grosseto 13 JUL 2004
10,000 Metres
Rank Mark Wind Place Date
13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 5 30:56.55 Daegu 27 AUG 2011
12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 2 30:51.34 Berlin 15 AUG 2009
Senior Race
Rank Mark Wind Place Date
39th IAAF World Cross Country Championships 4 25:18 Punta Umbría 20 MAR 2011
38th IAAF World Cross Country Championships 3 24:26 Bydgoszcz 28 MAR 2010
37th IAAF World Cross Country Championships 3 26:19 Amman 28 MAR 2009
36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships 9 25:51 Edinburgh 30 MAR 2008
35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships 3 26:48 Mombasa 24 MAR 2007
Junior Race
Rank Mark Wind Place Date
32nd IAAF World Cross Country Championships 1 20:48 Bruxelles 20 MAR 2004
31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships 4 20:33 Lausanne 29 MAR 2003
Short Race
Rank Mark Wind Place Date
34th IAAF World Cross Country Championships 3 12:54 Fukuoka 02 APR 2006
33rd IAAF World Cross Country Championships 6 13:28 St Etienne - St Galmier 20 MAR 2005
Long Race
Rank Mark Wind Place Date
34th IAAF World Cross Country Championships 3 25:38 Fukuoka 01 APR 2006
33rd IAAF World Cross Country Championships 4 26:39 St Etienne - St Galmier 19 MAR 2005