Meselech Melkamu

thumb|Meselech Melkamu during World Championships Athletics in Berlin Meselech Melkamu (born 19 April 1985) 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 the all-time list behind world record holder Wang Junxia. She is one of seven women in history to break the 30-minute barrier and one of four Ethiopians to accomplish the feat. Quotes "Melkamu: Pushing the Dueling D’s on the road to Osaka" (2007) "Melkamu: Pushing the Dueling D’s on the road to Osaka", 01 May 2007,Elshadai Negash for the IAAF I am getting that desire in me to win everything. I want to win no matter what happens. Many kids have started running in Debremarkos after watching me. External links Category:Runners Category:Sportspeople from Ethiopia Category:Women in sports Category:Women from Ethiopia Category:1985 births Category:Living people