# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meselech-melkamu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:54:49.153Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meselech-melkamu"
name: "Meselech Melkamu"
slug: "meselech-melkamu"
description: "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."
tagline: "Ethiopian female long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20090815_Meselech_Melkamu_(1).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1985-04-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.5
  momentum:             3.461538461538462
  historical:           15.53754533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "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"
    title: "ميسيليك ملكامو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "ميسيليتش ميلكامو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Meselech Melkamuová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu"
    title: "Meselech Melkamu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu"
    title: "Meselech Melkamu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu"
    title: "Meselech Melkamu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu"
    title: "Meselech Melkamu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu"
    title: "Meselech Melkamu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu"
    title: "Meselech Melkamu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu"
    title: "Meselech Melkamu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "メセレク・メルカム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu"
    title: "Meselech Melkamu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu"
    title: "Meselech Melkamu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu"
    title: "Meselech Melkamu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "Меселеш Мелкаму"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu"
    title: "Meselech Melkamu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meselech_Melkamu"
    title: "Meselech Melkamu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "మెసెలెక్ మెల్కాము"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q258831"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump