Mahlet Mulugeta
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| Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 March 1995 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 800 metres | ||||||||||||||
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Mahlet Mulugeta (Amharic: ማህሌት ሙሉጌታ; born 20 March 1995) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner.[1] She was the 2017 Ethiopian Athletics Championships winner over 800 m and competed in the women's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.[2]
Career
[edit]Running on the senior Ethiopian 4 × 400 m squad alongside Tigst Assefa, Mulugeta placed 7th at the 2012 African Championships finals and placed 5th in her individual 400 m heat.[3] The following year, she won a silver medal at the African U20 championships on the 4 × 400 m with Assefa again, and placed 7th in the 400 m finals.[4][5]
In 2017, Mulugeta won her first Ethiopian Athletics Championships national title. She ran a time of 2:02.2 minutes over 800 m to beat Tigist Ketema.[4] She placed runner-up at the 2017 Fanny Blankers-Koen Games in a personal best time of 2:00.77.[3] At the 2017 World Championships, Mulugeta ran 2:02.04 to place 5th in her heat and did not advance.[3]
After 2017, Mulugeta was said to have preferred longer distances over sprints.[6] She set her personal best 800 m of 1:59.84 to finish 3rd at the 2018 Tomblaine meeting. She was ranked 40th in the world over that event.[7] In June 2018, Mulugeta won the 800 m at the PTS Meeting in Samorin, Slovakia.[8]
At the 2019 Doha Diamond League, Mulugeta finished 10th in the 800 m, running 2:02.14. She was also 11th at the Golden Spike Ostrava meeting over 1500 metres with a 4:10.71 time.[7]
She made her 10K run debut in 2022, finishing 9th at the 10K Valencia race.[3]
In January 2023, Mulugeta was among the final six runners in the lead pack at the Juan Muguerza Cross-Country championships.[9] Later that year, she won the Rothman 8K and the Fort Collins Thanksgiving 4-miler road races.[5] Mulugeta was described as having "moved up in distance in recent years" in the lead-up to the 2023 Cross Champs, but she did not start the race.[10]
She also won the 2024 FireKracker Elite 5K run in Fort Collins, Colorado.[5] Mulugeta was 10th at the 2024 Cooper River Bridge Run and 18th at the Houston Half Marathon.[5] She was 18th at the 2025 Cooper River Run.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mahlet Mulugeta". IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "800 metres Women". IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Mahlet Mulugeta at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
- ^ a b Mahlet Mulugeta at Athletics Podium
- ^ a b c d "20 - MAHLET MULUGETA". Quad-City Times. 24 July 2024. p. B3. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ "USA's Kurgat to battle Kenya's Chelang'at as Kiptoo eyes podium finish in Austin". peopledaily.digital.
- ^ a b Mahlet Mulugeta at World Athletics
- ^ "Nowicki, Herman and Vadlejch shine in Samorin". worldathletics.org.
- ^ "ኤርትራዊት ኣትለት ራሄል ዳንኤል፡ ኣብ ክልተ መዓልቲ ክልተ ወርቃዊ ዓወት ኣመዝጊባ" (in Tigrinya).
- ^ "Kurgat seeks redemption on return to Austin". worldathletics.org.
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