Mahlet Mulugeta

Mahlet Mulugeta (; born 20 March 1995) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner. She was the 2017 Ethiopian Athletics Championships winner over 800 m and competed in the women's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.

Career Running on the senior Ethiopian 4 × 400 m squad alongside Tigst Assefa, Mulugeta placed 7th at the 2012 African Championships finals and placed 5th in her individual 400 m heat. The following year, she won a silver medal at the African U20 championships on the 4 × 400 m with Assefa again, and placed 7th in the 400 m finals. She set her personal best 800 m of 1:59.84 to finish 3rd at the 2018 Tomblaine meeting. She was ranked 40th in the world over that event.

At the 2019 Doha Diamond League, Mulugeta finished 10th in the 800 m, running 2:02.14. She was also 11th at the Golden Spike Ostrava meeting over 1500 metres with a 4:10.71 time.

She made her 10K run debut in 2022, finishing 9th at the 10K Valencia race. Later that year, she won the Rothman 8K and the Fort Collins Thanksgiving 4-miler road race. Mulugeta was described as having "moved up in distance in recent years" in the lead-up to the 2023 Cross Champs, but she did not start the race.

She also won the 2024 FireKracker Elite 5K run in Fort Collins, Colorado. Mulugeta was 10th at the 2024 Cooper River Bridge Run and 18th at the Houston Half Marathon. She was 18th at the 2025 Cooper River Run.