Mestawet Tufa
Mestawet Tufa(Amharic:መስታወት ቱፋ; born 14 September 1983 inArsi) is an Ethiopianlong-distance runner.She was the winner of the women's10,000 metresat the2007 All-Africa Games[1]and the runner up in the senior women's race at the2008 World Cross Country Championships.[2]
Career
[edit]She competed at theOlympic Games,but did not finish her 10,000 metres race.
Tufa equaled the 15 Kilometres road runningAfrican recordof 46:57 minutes inNijmegenin November 2008.Elana Meyerhad run the same time in 1991.[3]
She competed in her first mountain race at theObudu Ranch International Mountain RaceinNigeria.She ran strongly, leading the race until the last 400 m. However, she failed to finish as she collapsed 50 m from the finish line due to severe dehydration and was treated by a medical team.[4]She returned to the race the following year and finished as runner-up, just one second behind the winnerMamitu Daska.[5]
She took third place at theDam tot Damloop10-mile run in September 2010, finishing with a time of 52:43.[6]
Mestawet set a course record of 1:10:03 to win the 2013Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon.[7]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2000 | World Junior Championships | Santiago,Chile | 5th | 3000 m | 9:16.73 |
2001 | World Youth Championships | Debrecen,Hungary | 2nd | 3000 m | 9:11.60 |
2006 | World Cross Country Championships | Fukuoka,Japan | 7th | Long race (8 km) | 25:59 |
1st | Team competition | 16 pts | |||
World Athletics Final | Stuttgart,Germany | 8th | 5000 m | 16:09.29 | |
2007 | All-Africa Games | Algiers,Algeria | 1st | 10,000 m | 31:26.05 |
2008 | World Cross Country Championships | Edinburgh,Scotland | 2nd | Senior Race (7.905 km) | 25:15 |
1st | Team competition | 18 pts | |||
2009 | World Half Marathon Championships | Birmingham,England | 5th | Half marathon | 1:09:11 |
2nd | Team competition | 3:26:14 |
Personal bests
[edit]- 3000 metres- 8:47.41 (2006)
- 5000 metres- 14:51.72 (2007)
- 10,000 metres- 30:38.33 (2008)
- Half marathon- 1:09:11 (2009)
References
[edit]- ^Ethiopia bags gold in women's 10,000 meters at All Africa GamesArchived2009-01-06 at theWayback Machine
- ^"Senior Women's Race Report - Edinburgh 2008".IAAF.30 March 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 7 May 2016.Retrieved7 May2016.
- ^IAAF:Area Outdoor Records - Women - AFRICA
- ^Hughes, Danny (29 November 2008)."Mayr holds off road running stars, but Wyatt fades, as course records fall - Obudu Ranch Mountain Race".IAAF.Retrieved7 May2016.
- ^Ouma, Mark (1 December 2009)."Ethiopian double at Obudu International".IAAF.Retrieved7 May2016.
- ^van Hemert, Wim (20 September 2010)."Fast ten mile runs for Kibet and Mwangangi in Zaandam".IAAF.Retrieved7 May2016.
- ^Nakamura, Ken (19 May 2013)."Course records for Tadese and Tufa at Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon".IAAF.Retrieved20 May2013.
External links
[edit]- Mestawet TufaatWorld Athletics
- Mestewat Tufa- Let Her Run! - Profiel from Ethiopian Running Blog.Roocha.net.08-July-2008.
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Ethiopian female long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Ethiopia
- Sportspeople from Oromia
- Ethiopian female marathon runners
- African Games gold medalists for Ethiopia
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games