Mahlet Mulugeta

Mahlet Mulugeta (Amharic: ማህሌት ሙሉጌታ; born 20 March 1995) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner.^[1] She was the 2017 Ethiopian Athletics Championships winner over 800 m and competed in the women's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.^[2]

Mahlet Mulugeta

Personal information
Nationality	Ethiopian
Born	(1995-03-20) 20 March 1995 (age 30)
Sport
Sport	Middle-distance running
Event	800 metres
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Ethiopia African U20 Championships 2013 Bambous 4 × 400 m relay

Career

Running on the senior Ethiopian 4 × 400 m squad alongside Tigst Assefa, Mulugeta placed 7th at the 2012 African Championships finals and placed 5th in her individual 400 m heat.^[3] The following year, she won a silver medal at the African U20 championships on the 4 × 400 m with Assefa again, and placed 7th in the 400 m finals.^[4][5]

In 2017, Mulugeta won her first Ethiopian Athletics Championships national title. She ran a time of 2:02.2 minutes over 800 m to beat Tigist Ketema.^[4] She placed runner-up at the 2017 Fanny Blankers-Koen Games in a personal best time of 2:00.77.^[3] At the 2017 World Championships, Mulugeta ran 2:02.04 to place 5th in her heat and did not advance.^[3]

After 2017, Mulugeta was said to have preferred longer distances over sprints.^[6] She set her personal best 800 m of 1:59.84 to finish 3rd at the 2018 Tomblaine meeting. She was ranked 40th in the world over that event.^[7] In June 2018, Mulugeta won the 800 m at the PTS Meeting in Samorin, Slovakia.^[8]

At the 2019 Doha Diamond League, Mulugeta finished 10th in the 800 m, running 2:02.14. She was also 11th at the Golden Spike Ostrava meeting over 1500 metres with a 4:10.71 time.^[7]

She made her 10K run debut in 2022, finishing 9th at the 10K Valencia race.^[3]

In January 2023, Mulugeta was among the final six runners in the lead pack at the Juan Muguerza Cross-Country championships.^[9] Later that year, she won the Rothman 8K and the Fort Collins Thanksgiving 4-miler road races.^[5] Mulugeta was described as having "moved up in distance in recent years" in the lead-up to the 2023 Cross Champs, but she did not start the race.^[10]

She also won the 2024 FireKracker Elite 5K run in Fort Collins, Colorado.^[5] Mulugeta was 10th at the 2024 Cooper River Bridge Run and 18th at the Houston Half Marathon.^[5] She was 18th at the 2025 Cooper River Run.^[3]