Nazret Weldu

{{short description|Eritrean long-distance runner}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}

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| fullname = Nazret Weldu Gebrehiwet

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Nazret Weldu Gebrehiwet (born 1 January 1990) is a female long-distance runner from Eritrea.{{World Athletics}} She competed in the 10,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing 24th. In 2019, she competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.{{Cite web|title=Senior women's race|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6265/AT-XSE-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=21598225|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627195835/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6265/AT-XSE-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=21598225|archive-date=27 June 2020|access-date=27 June 2020|website=2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships}} She finished in 27th place.

She competed in the women's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|title=Athletics WELDU Nazret|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1285601-weldu-nazret.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-08-08|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808232349/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1285601-weldu-nazret.htm}}

In September 2024, Weldu was issued with a twenty month competition ban to be ineffect from June 2024 to February 2026 due to an anti-doping rule violation relating to three missed tests (or whereabouts failures).{{cite web |url=https://www.athleticsintegrity.org/downloads/pdfs/disciplinary-process/en/AIU-24-145-Nazret-WELDU-Decision_final.pdf |title=Decision of the Athletics Integrity Unit in the case of Ms Nazret Weldu |date=11 September 2024 |publisher=Athletics Integrity Unit |access-date=11 September 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/eritrean-marathon-national-record-holder-suspended-on-whereabouts/ |title=Eritrean marathon national record holder suspended on whereabouts |work=Canadian Running |date=11 September 2024 |first=Marley |last=Dickinson |access-date=11 September 2024}}