en Hirut Meshesha

Hirut Meshesha
Personal information
Full name	Hirut Meshesha Mero
Nationality	Ethiopian
Born	20 January 2001 (age 24)
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Country	Ethiopia
Sport	Track running
Events	800 metres; 1500 metres;
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	800 m: 1:58.54 (Castellón, 2022); 1500 m: 3:54.87 (Chorzów, 2023); 5000 m: 14:33.44 (Eugene, 2024); Indoors; 1500 m: 3:56.47 (Toruń, 2024); Mile: 4:19.53 (Ostrava, 2024); 3000 m: 8:28.46 (Metz, 2024);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Ethiopia
World Indoor Championships
African Games
African Junior Championships
Olympic Youth Games
World Youth Championships
African Youth Games

Hirut Meshesha (born 20 January 2001) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner. She won the bronze medal in the women's 1500 metres at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade. Meshesha took gold for the 800 metres at the 2019 African Games.

Career

Hirut Meshesha gained her first international experience at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya, where she won the bronze medal in the girls' 800 metres. She then went to Argentina for 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires and took bronze in the girls' 800m event

In April 2019, she competed at the African U18 and U20 Championships, which were held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and won the silver medal at 800m in the under-20 women category. A month later, she won the women's 800 metres at the Ethiopian Athletics Championships. In August, Meshesha represented Ethiopia at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and won the gold medal in the 800m event.^[1]^[2]^[3]

She earned the bronze medal for the women's 1500 metres at the 2022 World Indoor Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. Her compatriot Gudaf Tsegay led and Ethiopian medals sweep as Axumawit Embaye came second.^[4]

Representing Ethiopia
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result
2017	World U18 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	3rd	800 m	2:06.32
2018	African Youth Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	800 m	2:04.66
2018	Youth Olympics	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3rd	800 m	2:08.35 2:06.25
2019	African U18/U20 Championships, U20 events	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	2nd	800 m	2:04.70
2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	1st	800 m	2:03.16
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	1500 m	4:03.39
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	12th	1500 m	4:05.86
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	20th (sf)	1500 m	4:04.27
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	7th	3000 m	8:34.61
2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	1st	1500 m	4:05.71

^ "Hirut Meshesha Mero - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
^ "Ekevwo and Ta Lou take African Games 100 m titles". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
^ Etchells, Daniel (27 August 2019). "Ekevwo and Ta Lou claim 100m titles at African Games". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
^ Turnbull, Simon (19 March 2022). "World record-holder Tsegay leads Ethiopian 1500m medal sweep in Belgrade". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 March 2022.