Zakia Mrisho Mohamed (born February 19, 1984) is a Tanzanian long distance runner who specialises in track and road running.
Born in Singida,[1] She attended her first major international athletics competition in 2003, taking part in the 3000 metres in which she finished sixth.
She was selected for the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and managed to finish in twentieth place in the long race.
The same fate awaited her at her first Olympic Games in Beijing the following year, although she did manage a fourth-place finish in the 3000 m at the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final as well as competing in the 5000 m event.
She won the adidas Women's 5K in Prague in September 2010, beating runner-up and defending champion Gladys Otero by a margin of seventeen seconds.