{{short description|Ethiopian steeplechase runner (born 2001)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Mekides Abebe | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Ethiopian | sport = Athletics | event = Steeplechase | club = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|7|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{ETH}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2022 Eugene|3000 m st.}} {{MedalCompetition|Youth Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Buenos Aires|2000 m st.}} {{Medal|Competition|African Games}} {{Medal|Gold |2019 Rabat|3000 m st.}} }}
'''Mekides Abebe Demewoz''' (born 29 July 2001) is an Ethiopian athlete specializing in the 3000 metres steeplechase.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ethiopia/mekides-abebe-321578 |title=Mekides Abebe |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref> She competed in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-3KSC-W-h----.SL2.pdf |title=3000 Metres Steeplechase Women - Round 1 |work=IAAF (Doha 2019) |accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref>
She won the gold medal in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2019 African Games and the silver medal in the women's 2000 metre steeplechase at the 2018 Youth Olympics.
She competed in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ABEBE Mekides |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1450589-abebe-mekides.htm |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=9 August 2021 |archive-date=9 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809004454/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1450589-abebe-mekides.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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{{Footer All-Africa Champions 3000 m Steeple Women}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abebe, Mekides}} Category:2001 births Category:Living people Category:Ethiopian women middle-distance runners Category:Ethiopian women steeplechase runners Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Category:African Games gold medalists for Ethiopia Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Category:African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:African Games athletes for Ethiopia Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Category:21st-century Ethiopian sportswomen {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub}}