Worknesh Musele Handeno (born 10 June 2001) is an Ethiopian athlete who has won Ethiopian national championship titles over 400 metres and 800 metres.
.jpg) Worknesh Mesele in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Worknesh Musele Handeno |
| Nationality | Ethiopian |
| Born | 10 June 2001 Shebedino, Sidama Region, Ethiopia |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
| Event(s) | 400m, 800m, 1500m |
Career
editMusele ran the 11th fastest time in the world in 2021 in the women’s 800m when she completed the Ethiopian Olympic Trial. She had previously competed at the 2019 African Games in Kabat in the 400m and the 4x400m relay.[1][2]
She ran a personal best 1:58:71 in the 800m at the Ethiopian Olympic trial to finish third behind Werkwuha Getachew and Habitam Alemu in June 2021 to secure her place at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Her previous personal best had been 2:02:20.[3][4] She was named in the Ethiopian squad for the games,[5] however she did not compete.[6] On 30 June, 2021 she won the 800m at the Irena Szewińska Memorial meeting in Bydgoszcz on the 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour, beating compatriot Diribe Welteji by .07 seconds.[7]
In March 2022 Mesele won her second national title winning the 800m in Hawassa. She finished fourth in the 2022 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres race.[8]
In 2023, she participated in the World Championships in Budapest, and reached the semi finals of the 800 metres.[9]
At the 2024 Olympics, she set two new personal bests in the qualifying rounds of the 800 m, running 1:58.07 and then 1:58.06.[10] She went on to place sixth in the final.[11]
References
edit- ^ "800 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2021".
- ^ "Werknesh Melese | Profile | World Athletics".
- ^ "Atletiek.nu - Ethiopian Trials - Marathon Pim Mulier te Hengelo".
- ^ "2021 Ethiopian Olympic Trials: Gudaf Tsegay (14:13) & Getnet Wale (12:53) Among Six World-Leading Times as New Stars Emerge". 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Ethiopia selects 34 athletes for Tokyo | NEWS | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ^ "Athletics - WORKNESH MESELE Handeno - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "Ethiopians Duel To Sub-2 800m At Continental Tour". Flotrack.org.
- ^ "Results". maa.mu.
- ^ "Women's 800m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". World Athletics. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ "2024 Summer Olympics Women's 800m Results". olympics. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
External links
edit- Worknesh MESELE at World Athletics
- Worknesh Mesele Handeno at myKhel.com
- Worknesh Mesele Handeno at The-Sports.org