Sutume Kebede

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Sutume Asefa Kebede

Personal information
Nationality	Ethiopian
Born	(1994-12-11) 11 December 1994 (age 29)[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Events	Marathon 25K 20K half marathon 15K 10K [2][1]
Medal record World Marathon Majors 2024 Tokyo Marathon 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]}

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]

• Sutume Kebede at World Athletics