# Meselech Melkamu

> Meselech Melkamu 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.

*Ethiopian female long-distance runner*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/meselech-melkamu

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Born:** 1985-04-19
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.5 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 15.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu)
- [ميسيليك ملكامو](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88)
- [ميسيليتش ميلكامو](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88)
- [Meselech Melkamuová](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamuov%C3%A1)
- [Meselech Melkamu](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu)
- [Meselech Melkamu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu)
- [Meselech Melkamu](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu)
- [Meselech Melkamu](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu)
- [Meselech Melkamu](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu)
- [Meselech Melkamu](https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu)
- [Meselech Melkamu](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu)
- [メセレク・メルカム](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A0)
- [Meselech Melkamu](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu)
- [Meselech Melkamu](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu)
- [Meselech Melkamu](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu)
- [Меселеш Мелкаму](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%88_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83)
- [Meselech Melkamu](https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu)
- [Meselech Melkamu](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu)
- [మెసెలెక్ మెల్కాము](https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%81)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q258831)

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