Hirut Meshesha

Hirut Meshesha (born 20 January 2001) is an Ethiopian athlete who specializes in the 800 metres.

Career[]

At the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya she won the bronze medal in the . She also won the bronze medal in the girls' 800 metres event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. In 2019, she competed at the 2019 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics and won the silver medal in the Women (U20) category.

In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's 800 metres event at the 2019 Ethiopian Athletics Championships held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A few months later, she represented Ethiopia at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 800 metres event.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2017	World U18 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	3rd	800 m
2018	Summer Youth Olympics	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3rd	800 m	2:08.35 2:06.25
2019	African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	2nd	800 m	2:04.70
2019	Ethiopian Athletics Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st	800 m	2:02.48
2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	1st	800 m	2:03.16

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^ Etchells, Daniel (27 August 2019). "Ekevwo and Ta Lou claim 100m titles at African Games". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

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