Hirut Meshesha

Hirut Meshesha
nation	Ethiopia
birthday	20th January 2001 (age 19)
place of birth	Ethiopia
Career
discipline	800 meter run
Best performance	2: 00.92 min
status	active
Medal table
Africa Games 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 African Championships 0 × 1 × 0 × Youth Olympic Games 0 × 0 × 1 × U18 world championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Africa Games gold Rabat 2019 800 m Junior African Championships silver Abidjan 2019 800 m  Youth Olympic Games bronze Buenos Aires 2018 800 m  Youth World Championships bronze Nairobi 2017 800 m
last change: August 29, 2019

Hirut Meshesha ( Amharic ሂሩት መሸሻ ; * January 20, 2001 ) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800-meter run .

Athletic career

Hirut Meshesha gained her first international experience at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Nairobi , where she won the bronze medal in 2: 06.32 minutes. The following year she won the African Youth Games in Algiers in 2: 04.66 minutes and won the bronze medal at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires . In 2019 she had to admit defeat only to Kenyan Jackline Wambui at the Junior African Championships in Abidjan in 2: 04.70 min . At the end of August she won the Africa Games in Rabat in 2: 03.16 minutes.

In 2019 Meshesha became the Ethiopian champion in the 800-meter run.

Personal bests

• 800 meters: 2: 00.92 min, July 17, 2019 in Hengelo

Web links

• Hirut Meshesha in the database of World Athletics (English)