Bizunesh Mohammed Urgesa (born 18 June 1989 in Negele Arsi, Oromia Region) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in the marathon.
She ran in the latter event at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics and won the bronze medal, setting a personal best of 4:19.34 minutes.
[1] At the 2005 African Junior Athletics Championships, she came fifth over 800 m and was the silver medallist in the 1500 m.[2] She made her first international cross country appearance two years later, finishing in 14th place in the junior race at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, helping the Ethiopian girls team to a bronze medal alongside Sule Utura, Genzebe Dibaba and Abebu Gelan.
A performance at the Memorial van Damme preceded her appearance at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final, where she came ninth in the 3000 m.[5] In her final year of solely focusing on track performances, she improved her 3000 m best to 8:53.14 at the Rabat Meeting and went on to win the 3000 m silver medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics, finishing just behind Mercy Cherono.
[12] The Beirut Marathon in November saw her run faster than the previous course record, although she finished runner-up to Seada Kedir.