Hirut Meshesha

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.

Hirut Meshesha

Personal information
Full name	Hirut Meshesha Mero
Nationality	Ethiopian
Born	(2001-01-20) 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: 14:29.29 (Xiamen, 2025) 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 2022 Belgrade 1500 m African Games 2019 Rabat 800 m 2023 Accra 1500 m African Junior Championships 2019 Abidjan 800 m Olympic Youth Games 2018 Buenos Aires 800 m World Youth Championships 2017 Nairobi 800 m African Youth Games 2018 Algiers 800 m

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]

Statistics

International championships

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
	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
	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	1st	800 m	2:03.16
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	1500 m	4:03.39
	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
	African Games	Accra, Ghana	1st	1500 m	4:05.71

Circuit performances

Grand Slam Track results[5]
Slam	Race group	Event	Pl.	Time	Prize money
2025 Miami Slam	Long distance	5000 m	3rd	14:40.46	US$50,000
		3000 m	1st	8:22.72

Wins and titles

• Diamond League
  • 2022 (3) (1500 m): Rabat Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme, Rome Golden Gala, Chorzów Kamila Skolimowska Memorial

National championships

• Ethiopian Championships
  • 800 metres: 2019

Personal bests

• 1500 metres – 3:57.30 (2022)
  • 1500 metres indoor – 4:02.14 (2022)