Mestawet Tufa (Amharic: መስታወት ቱፋ; born 14 September 1983 in Arsi) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.
Tufa equaled the 15 Kilometres road running African record of 46:57 minutes in Nijmegen in November 2008.
[4] She returned to the race the following year and finished as runner-up, just one second behind the winner Mamitu Daska.
[5] She took third place at the Dam tot Damloop 10-mile run in September 2010, finishing with a time of 52:43.
[6] Mestawet set a course record of 1:10:03 to win the 2013 Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon.