Sutume Kebede

Sutume Asefa Kebede
Personal information
NationalityEthiopian
Born (1994-12-11) 11 December 1994 (age 30)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Events
[2][1]
Medal record
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place 2024 Tokyo Marathon
Silver medal – second place 2024 Chicago Marathon

Sutume Asefa Kebede is a long-distance runner from Ethiopia.[2][1] She won the 2024 Houston Half Marathon, the 2023 Kolkata 25K, the 2019 Beijing Marathon, and the 2024 Tokyo Marathon.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Career

The first performance of Kebede that was recorded by the Association of Road Racing Statisticians is her victory at the 15K race at the Kerzerslauf [de] in Kerzers, Switzerland, on 21 March 2015, which she finished with a time of 50:34.6.[2][10][11]

Later in 2015 she won six races on six consecutive weekends,[a] including the 10K event at the Paderborn Osterlauf [de] in Paderborn, Germany, on 4 April with a time of 31:47,[2][13][11][b], the Lago Maggiore Half Marathon [it] by Lake Maggiore in Italy, on 19 April with a time of 1:09:07,[2][14] and the 25 Berlin, a 25K in Berlin, Germany, on 10 May with a time of 1:21:55.[2][15][8] Her performance in the 25 Berlin was also an Ethiopian record at the time.[15]

In January 2024 she became the fastest runner of any women’s half marathon located in America, by winning the 2024 Houston Half Marathon with a time of 1:04.37.[16]

Notes

  1. ^ One of the races, the 15 km internationaux du Puy-en-Velay, was held on a Friday afternoon.[2][12]
  2. ^ Her gross time (or gun time) was 31:49.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sutume Asefa KEBEDE | Profile | World Athletics".
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "ARRS - Runner: Sutume Asefa Kebede".
  3. ^ "Sutume Asefa Kebede Stuns The Field, Wins Tokyo Marathon". 2024-03-03. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  4. ^ "Beijing Marathon set to return on October 31 with 30,000 runners".
  5. ^ "Sutume Kebede runs fastest women's half marathon in U.S."
  6. ^ "Athletics: Kenya's Kipruto, Ethiopia's Kebede win Tokyo Marathon".
  7. ^ "Kebede runs North American all-comers' half marathon record in Houston | REPORTS | World Athletics".
  8. ^ a b "Ebenyo and Kebede set world bests for stand-alone 25km in Kolkata | REPORT | World Athletics".
  9. ^ "Kipruto and Kebede run Japanese all-comers' records in Tokyo | REPORTS | World Athletics".
  10. ^ "37. Kerzerslauf 2015".
  11. ^ a b c "Some Missed Road Results from the Weekend: German Miler Homiyu Tesfaye Wins Osterlauf 10K in 27:54".
  12. ^ "Hier après-midi sur le circuit du Puy-en-Velay".
  13. ^ "Ergebnisse und Teilnehmerzahlen 2015 – Paderborner-Osterlauf.de".
  14. ^ "Dominio keniano alla Lago Maggiore half marathon - la Stampa".
  15. ^ a b "Sutume Kebede breaks Ethiopian 25 k record in BIG 25 Berlin, Abraham Cheroben defends with a world lead | AIMS | Race news".
  16. ^ Dean, Richard (2024-01-14). "Sutume Kebede runs fastest women's half marathon in U.S. to win Houston event". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2024-11-13.