Mahlet Melese (born 20 May 1990) is an Ethiopian female long-distance runner.
She was the 3000 metres silver medallist at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics, where she ran a personal best of 8:56.98 minutes to place behind Mercy Cherono.
[1] She was the Ethiopian national champion at that distance that year at the age of seventeen.
[3] Following this she converted to road running and began entering European races in 2009.
She took a break from competing and re-emerged in 2011 with a marathon debut in Toulouse, recording 2:44:43 hours for fifth place.