Meselech Melkamu

Meselech Melkamu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She defeated Meseret Defar to win the 5000 metres gold medal at the 2008 African Athletics Championships, but she is better known for her 29:53.80 run over 10,000 metres in 2009, which until August 2016 ranked her second on the all-time list behind world record holder Wang Junxia. She is one of seven women in history to break the 30-minute barrier and one of four Ethiopians to accomplish the feat.

27 April 1985

Born on the same birth day (27 April): Charles Robert Cockerell • Edwin Morgan (poet) • Enos Slaughter • Eric Schmidt • Fethullah Gülen • Frederick Fane • Frederick Jagiellon • George Gervin • Nick Kyrgios • Otto, King of Bavaria • Pedro Feliz • Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert • Robert Dhéry • Rogers Hornsby • Sheena Easton • Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

Born in the same month (April 1985): Dion Phaneuf • Dudi Sela • Giedo van der Garde • Jesús Gámez • Jo-Wilfried Tsonga • KC Concepcion • Linas Pilibaitis • Lucas Jakubczyk • Mike Rodgers • Nate Diaz • Ryan Hamilton (ice hockey) • Sergey Khachatryan • Stéphane Lambiel • Taye Taiwo • Yemane Tsegay • Łukasz Fabiański