Shito Gumi
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| Nationality | Ethiopian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 March 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||
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Shito Gumi (born 18 March 2007) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.[1]
Biography
[edit]She finished ninth in the U20 race at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade on 30 March 2024.[2][3]
She finished runner-up in the 3000m in Astana on the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Tour to 16-year-old compatriot Marta Alemayo, who set a new world under-18 best to win the race on 25 January 2025. Gumi's time of 8:40.00 also came under the previous best of 8:46.01 set by Gotytom Gebreslase in 2012.[4][5][6] She competed at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, part of the 2025 Diamond League, in May 2025.[7]
Gumi ran 8:41.18 for the 3000 metres indoors in February 2026.[8] She won the silver medal over 5000 metres behind Charity Cherop of Uganda at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships, running 15:07:91.[9][10] Later at the championships she won the silver medal ahead of Cherop in the women's 3000 metres, running a personal best 8:45.06.[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Shito Gumi". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ↑ "Alemayo leads Ethiopian sweep of U20 women's medals". Runners Gazette. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ↑ "Women's U20 Results - World Athletics Cross Country Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ↑ "Thompson, Alemayo and Jackson victorious in Astana". World Athletics. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Tour - A". World Athletics. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ↑ Vaselyne, John (26 January 2025). "ATHLETICSMarta Alemayo Breaks 13 year Record in Astana". athletics.co.ke. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ↑ "Results - Rabat Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ↑ "WU20 Oregon 26 preview: distance". World Athletics. 2 August 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 5 August 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ "THEA BROWN ENJOYS FINE START AT WORLD U20 CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ "OTIS POOLE, SHAIKIRA KING AND MIXED RELAY QUARTET COMPLETE BRITISH TREBLE IN OREGON". Athletics Weekly. 9 August 2026. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
