Meseret Belete Tola
Personal information
Born (1999-09-16) 16 September 1999
Sport
CountryEthiopia
SportAthletics
EventLong-distance running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
World Championships (HM)
Gold medal – first place 2018 Valencia Team
African Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rabat Half marathon

Meseret Belete Tola (born 16 September 1999) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She represented Ethiopia at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco and she won the bronze medal in the women's half marathon.[1][2]

Career

In 2018, she won the Gothenburg Half Marathon in Gothenburg, Sweden.[3]

At the 2018 World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia, Spain she finished in 6th place in the women's individual race.[4] In the team event, together with Netsanet Gudeta and Zeineba Yimer, she won the gold medal with a combined time of 3:22:27.[4]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Ethiopia
2018 Gothenburg Half Marathon Gothenburg, Sweden 1st Half marathon 1:09:06
World Half Marathon Championships Valencia, Spain 6th Half marathon 1:08:09
1st Team 3:22:27
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 3rd Half marathon 1:12:08

References

  1. ↑ "Meseret Belete Tola". 2019 African Games – Athlete Profile. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Shadrack Kimining and Meseret Belete Tola win Göteborgsvarvet 2018!". Göteborgsvarvet. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  4. 1 2 "2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Women's Half Marathon" (PDF). IAAF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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