| Fikre Wondafrash | |
| Sport: | Track |
| Event: | 1500 meters |
| Nationality: | Ethiopian Yugoslav (up to 1992) |
| Club: | Crvena Zvezda |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Unknown, Ethiopia |
| Collegeteam: | BYU |
| Pb: | 1500m 3:44.29[1] |
| Coach: | Willard Hirschi |
Fikre Wondafrash (born February 27, 1973) is an Ethiopian retired middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 meters. He competed for Ethiopia at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
Although born in Ethiopia, Wondafrash spent a part of his upbringing in Belgrade since his mother worked as an embassy cook there.[2] At one point he had citizenship in Yugoslavia, as he set the country's national boys' junior record for the indoor 1500 meters on February 11, 1992, running 3:48.57 in Budapest for Belgrade club AK Crvena Zvezda.[3] On July 15, 1992, he ran a personal best time of 3:44.29 in the 1500 meters.[1] Later that summer, he represented Ethiopia at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics, placing second to last in heat 2 of the men's 1500 meters.
He was subsequently contacted by Brigham Young University track coach Willard Hirschi, who recruited him to BYU when Yugoslavia was breaking up.[2] On March 30, 1996, he placed second in the men's 800 meters at the Cal Poly meet in San Luis Obispo with a time of 1:52.78.[4] On March 22, 1997, he finished in 13th place in the men's 5000 meters at the Stanford Invitational in a time of 14:32.74.[5] In February 1998, he provisionally qualified for the preliminary rounds of the 1998 NCAA DI Indoor Championships when he ran 4:10.16 for the mile at the Mountain State Games in Pocatello, Idaho.[6] On May 23, 1998, he placed seventh in the men's 1500 meters at the WAC Championships in 3:49.53.[7]