Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopian runner

Meselech Melkamu

Ethiopian long-distance runner (born 1985)

Meselech Melkamu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She defeated Meseret Defar to win the 5000 metres gold medal at the 2008 African Athletics Championships, but she is better known for her 29:53.80 run over 10,000 metres in 2009, which until August 2016 ranked her second on…