Mekdes Bekele Tadese (

Amharic Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populati ...

: መቅደስ በቀለ ታደሰ; born 20 January 1987) is an Ethiopian runner who specializes in the

3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually Abbreviation, abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase (athletics), steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 met ...

Competition record

Personal bests

- 9:32.05 min (2007) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

- 15:49.71 min (2006)

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* 1987 births Living people Ethiopian female long-distance runners Ethiopian female steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia African Games silver medalists for Ethiopia African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games 21st-century Ethiopian sportswomen {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub