Mekides Abebe

Mekides Abebe
Full name	Mekides Abebe Demowoz
nation	Ethiopia
birthday	29th July 2001 (age 19)
Career
discipline	Obstacle course
Best performance	9: 30.63 min
status	active
Medal table
Africa Games 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 African Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × Youth Olympic Games 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Africa Games gold Rabat 2019 3000 m obstacle Junior African Championships gold Tlemcen 2017 3000 m obstacle  Youth Olympic Games silver Buenos Aires 2018 2000 m obstacle
last change: September 17th, 2019

Mekides Abebe Demowoz (born July 29, 2001 ) is an Ethiopian obstacle runner .

Athletic career

Mekides Abebe gained her first international experience in 2017 at the Junior African Championships in Tlemcen , where she won the gold medal in 10: 11.80 minutes. The following year she won the silver medal over 2000 m obstacle at the African Youth Games in Algiers in 6: 26.86 minutes and thus qualified for the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires , where she won the silver medal. The following year she took part in the Africa Games in Rabat for the first time and won there in 9: 35.18 minutes.

Personal bests

• 3000 m obstacle: 9: 30.63 min, July 17, 2019 in Hengelo

Web links

• Mekides Abebe in the database of World Athletics (English)