Melknat Wudu
{{Short description|Ethiopian track and field athlete}}
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| name = Melknat Wudu
| full_name = Melknat Wudu Shaarew
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| nationality = Ethiopian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|1|3|df=yes}}
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| sport = Athletics
| event = Long-distance running
| pb = 3000m: 8:32.34 (Boston, 2024) {{AthAbbr|WU20R}}
5000m: 14:39.36 (London, 2023)
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{ETH}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|African Games}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Accra|5000 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2021 Nairobi|5000 m}}
{{Medal|Silver|2022 Cali|5000 m}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2021 Nairobi|3000 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Cross Country Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Bathurst|Junior team}}
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Melknat Wudu Shaarew (born 3 January 2005) is an Ethiopian track and field and cross-country runner. In February 2024, she set a new world U20 3000 metres indoor record. {{cite web|accessdate=2 July 2023|title= Melknat Wudu|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/melknat-wudu-14923882|website=World Athletics}}
Career
=2021=
Melknat claimed the silver for the women's 5000 m at the 2021 World Under-20 Championships in Nairobi. She also won the bronze medal in the 3000 m in the same competition.{{cite web|date=19 August 2021|title= World Athletics U20 Championships: Namibia's Masilingi takes 100m silver in Nairobi|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/africa/58267180|accessdate=2 July 2023|website=BBC Sport}}
=2022=
At the 2022 World Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, she won silver in the 5000m for the second consecutive year.{{cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7163112/AT-5000-W-f----.RS6.pdf|title=Results: 5000 Metres Women - Final|publisher=World Athletics|date=6 August 2022|access-date=19 February 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Rowbottom |first=Mike |date=6 August 2022 |title=Hill sets World Athletics Under-20 Championships 100m hurdles record as Ethiopia dominate long distance on last day |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1126704/hill-ethiopia-world-under-20-cali |access-date=19 February 2023 |website=Inside the Games}} In 2022, she also finished fourth in the 5000m at the 2022 African Championships held in Saint Pierre, Mauritius. In October 2022, she won silver at the Northern Ireland International Cross Country 6 km race held in Dundoland, Belfast.{{Cite web|url=https://athleticsni.org/News/Athletics-NI-News/World-U20-Champions-Set-for-NI-International-Cross-Country |title=World U20 Champions Set for NI International Cross Country|website=AthleticsNI.org|accessdate=5 July 2023|date=19 October 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7187683?eventId=10229544&gender=W|title=Northern Ireland International Cross Country Results|website=World Athletics|access-date=5 July 2023|date=22 October 2022}}
=2023=
In February 2023, she competed in the junior women's race at the World Cross Country Championships, and her Ethiopian team took gold in the team standings.{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Louise |date=18 February 2023 |title=Getachew grabs surprise U20 women’s gold in Bathurst |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-cross-country-championships/bathurst23/news/report/report-2023-u20-women-getachew |access-date=19 February 2023 |website=World Athletics}}{{Cite web |last=Henderson |first=Jason |date=18 February 2023 |title=Senayet Getachew sprints to under-20 women’s world cross title |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/senayet-getachew-sprints-to-under-20-womens-world-cross-title-1039965172 |access-date=19 February 2023 |website=AW}} She finished seventh in the 5000m at the Diamond League event in Stockholm.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4349/women-s-5000m-results-stockholm-diamond-league-2023|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=5 July 2023|title= Women's 5000m Results: Stockholm Diamond League 2023|date=2 July 2023}} In July 2023, competing at the Diamond League event in London, she set a new 5000m personal best time of 14:39.36.{{cite web|url=https://london.diamondleague.com/lists-results-london/#baseFrame%23__athDisciplineRoot%23DisciplineInit%23London2023_TIMING_ATHW5000M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_json%23%23main-frame_content%23__athRun%23RunSubFrame%23London2023_TIMING_ATHW5000M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_json|website=London.Diamondleague.com|accessdate=23 July 2023|date=23 July 2023|title=5000M}} In December 2023, she finished fifth in the 15 kilometres road race Montferland Run in 's-Heerenberg with a time of 49:22.
=2024=
In February 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts, she ran a new personal best over 3000 metres, running 8:32.34. This was also a new world under-20 world record.{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/jake-wightman-runner-up-to-hobbs-kessler-in-track-comeback-1039975081/|accessdate=5 February 2024|title= Jake Wightman runner-up to Hobbs Kessler in track comeback|first=Jason|last= Henderson |date=February 5, 2024 |website=Athletics Weekly}} On 11 February 2024, at the Millrose Games recorded the fourth fastest time in history over two miles, running 9:07.12.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/article/12865/devynne-charlton-sets-60m-hurdles-world-record-with-7-67-at-millorse-games|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=12 February 2024|title= Devynne Charlton sets 60m Hurdles World Record with 7.67 at Millorse Games|date=11 February 2024}}
In March 2024, she won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the African Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/sports/2024/03/18/chepkoech-finishes-fourth-as-ethiopians-clinch-all-medals-in-womens-5000m-at-african-games/ |website=Capitalfm.co.ke|accessdate=18 March 2024|date=18 March 2024|title= Chepkoech Finishes Fourth As Ethiopians Clinch All Medals In Women’s 5000m At African Games |first=Omondi|last=Onyatta}}
She finished fourth in the 5000 metres at the 2024 Diamond League event 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in Rabat.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5475/rabat-marrakech-diamond-league-2024-results |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=20 May 2024|title= Rabat/Marrakech Diamond League 2024 - Results|date=19 May 2024}}
=2025=
In January 2025, she was runner-up to Beatrice Chebet at the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza in Elgoibar.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-cross-country-tour/news/chebet-aregawi-cross-internacional-juan-muguerza-elgoibar-2025|website=World Athletics|date=5 January 2025|accessdate=5 January 2025|title= Chebet and Aregawi confirm supremacy in Elgoibar}}
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Category:Ethiopian female athletes
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games
Category:African Games bronze medalists for Ethiopia
Category:African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)