Worknesh Mesele
{{short description |Ethiopian athlete}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Woknesh Musele
| birth_name = Worknesh Musele Handeno
| image = Worknesh Mesele 2023 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Worknesh Mesele in 2023
| nationality = Ethiopian
| sport = Track and Field
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|6|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Shebedino, Sidama Region, Ethiopia
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Worknesh Musele Handeno (born 10 June 2001) is an Ethiopian athlete who has won Ethiopian national championship titles over 400 metres and 800 metres.
Career
Musele ran the 11th fastest time in the world in 2021 in the women's 800m when she completed the Ethiopian Olympic Trial. She had previously competed at the 2019 African Games in Kabat in the 400m and the 4x400m relay.{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/records/toplists/middle-long/800-metres/outdoor/women/senior/2021|title = 800 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/werknesh-melese-14852703|title = Werknesh Melese | Profile | World Athletics}}
She ran a personal best 1:58:71 in the 800m at the Ethiopian Olympic trial to finish third behind Werkwuha Getachew and Habitam Alemu in June 2021 to secure her place at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Her previous personal best had been 2:02:20.{{Cite web|url=https://www.atletiek.nu/atleet/main/1033071/|title=Atletiek.nu - Ethiopian Trials - Marathon Pim Mulier te Hengelo}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/06/2021-ethiopian-olympic-trials-wins-for-getnet-wale-selemon-barega-in-new-events-as-new-contenders-emerge-fast-times-abound/|title = 2021 Ethiopian Olympic Trials: Gudaf Tsegay (14:13) & Getnet Wale (12:53) Among Six World-Leading Times as New Stars Emerge|date = 8 June 2021}} She was named in the Ethiopian squad for the games,{{Cite web|title=Ethiopia selects 34 athletes for Tokyo {{!}} NEWS {{!}} World Athletics|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/news/ethiopian-team-tokyo-olympic-games|access-date=2021-10-14|website=worldathletics.org}} however she did not compete.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1781685-worknesh-mesele-handeno.htm |title=Athletics - WORKNESH MESELE Handeno - Tokyo 2020 Olympics |website=Tokyo2020.org |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=2021-08-06 |archive-date=2021-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806130332/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1781685-worknesh-mesele-handeno.htm |url-status=dead }} On 30 June, 2021 she won the 800m at the Irena Szewińska Memorial meeting in Bydgoszcz on the 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour, beating compatriot Diribe Welteji by .07 seconds.{{Cite web|url=https://www.flotrack.org/video/7097138-ethiopians-duel-to-sub-2-800m-at-continental-tour|title= Ethiopians Duel To Sub-2 800m At Continental Tour|website=Flotrack.org}}
In March 2022 Musele won her second national title winning the 800m in Hawassa. She finished fourth in the 2022 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres race.{{Cite web|url=https://maa.mu/results/schedule.html|title=Results|website=maa.mu}}
In 2023, she participated in the World Championships in Budapest, and reached the semi finals of the 800 metres.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4564/women-s-800m-results-world-athletics-championships-2023|date=23 August 2023|accessdate=23 August 2023|title= Women's 800m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023|website=World Athletics}}
At the 2024 Olympics, she set two new personal bests in the qualifying rounds of the 800 m, running 1:58.07 and then 1:58.06.{{cite web |date=2 August 2024 |title=2024 Summer Olympics Women's 800m Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/athletics/women-s-800m/rnd1-------- |accessdate=2 August 2024 |website=olympics}} She went on to place sixth in the final.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5830/women-s-800m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics#google_vignette|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=8 September 2024|date=5 August 2024|title= Women's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics}}
She ran an indoor personal best over 1500 metres, of 4:05.06, in Liévin on 13 February 2025.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/ingebrigtsen-world-indoor-1500m-mile-records-lievin|website=World Athletics|accessdate=14 February 2025|title= Ingebrigtsen smashes world indoor 1500m and mile records in Lievin|date=13 February 2025}} She lowered it again on 16 February 2025, running 4:02.19 at the Copernicus Cup.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/copernicus-cup-torun-2025-tsegay-jaeger-jackson-furlani|website=World Athletics|accessdate=16 February 2025|date=16 February 2025|title= Tsegay rebounds with No.2 all time indoor 1500m in Torun}} She was selected for the 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.{{cite web| url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/nanjing25/news/news/ethiopian-team-nanjing-25 |website=World Athletics |date=14 March 2025|title= Tsegay, Duguma, Tefera and Hailu to represent Ethiopia in Nanjing|accessdate=14 March 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics|14852703|Worknesh MESELE}}
- [https://www.mykhel.com/worknesh-mesele-handeno-olympics-p2033004/ Worknesh Mesele Handeno] at myKhel.com
- [https://www.the-sports.org/worknesh-mesele-handeno-athletics-spf618480.html Worknesh Mesele Handeno] at The-Sports.org
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Category:Ethiopian female sprinters
Category:Ethiopian female middle-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics