Samuel Firewu
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Full name | Samuel Firewu Fiche | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2004-05-03) 3 May 2004 (age 20) Arbegona, Sidama Region, Ethiopia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 3000m steeplechase | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 3000m Steeplechase: 8:07.25 (Doha, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Firewu Fiche (born 3 May 2004) is an Ethiopian track and field athlete. He finished second at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships and won the 2022 Ethiopian Athletics Championships in the 3000m steeplechase.[1]
Career
In 2021 Samuel Firewu finished fourth in the Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi.[2]
In March 2022 he became Ethiopia senior champion for the first time winning the 3000m steeplechase in Addis Ababa.[3] He finished fifth at the 2022 African Championships in Athletics in June 2022 in Port Louis, Mauritius.[4] In August 2022, he finished as runner-up to compatriot Samuel Duguna to win the silver medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.[5]
Samuel Firewu set a new personal best time of 8:10.57 at the Diamond League event in Monaco, in July 2023.[6] He was selected for the Ethiopia team for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[7] In September 2023, he finished second at the Diamond League event in Xiamen, China, in the 3000m steeplechase.[8] Later that month, he finished second at the Diamond League final in Eugene, Oregon in a time of 8:10.74.[9]
In March 2024, he won gold in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the African Games.[10] In May 2024, he won the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2024 Doha Diamond League event with a new personal best time of 8:07.25.[11] He finished fourth in the 3000m steeplechase on 19 May 2024 at the 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme, [12] and second at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League event in Stockholm.[13]
References
- ^ "Samuel Firewu". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Gold rush Sunday! Amos Serem takes 3000m steeplechase gold for Kenya as compatriot Koech settles for bronze". Standard Media. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Tolesa, Dawit (April 2, 2022). "New athletes compete in Ethiopian Athletics Championships". The Reporter Ethiopia. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Athletics - African Championships - 2022". the-sports.org. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (August 7, 2022). "Two British medals as USA top medal table on final day in Cali". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Men's 3000m Steeplechase Results: Monaco Diamond League - Herculis 2023". Watchathletics.com. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Entry List" (PDF). World Athletics. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "3000M STEEPLECHASE MEN". xiamen.diamondleague. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Day 1 Report: Eugene Diamond League - Prefontaine Classic". Watch Athletics. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ Onyatta, Omondi (18 March 2024). "ATHLETICS Ethiopian Firewu Holds Off Kenyan Challenge To Win 3000m Steeplechase At African Games". Capitalfm.co.ke. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "Komen stuns former World Champion Cheruiyot to win 1500m in Doha". standard media. 11 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Rabat/Marrakech Diamond League 2024 - Results". Watch Athletics. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Johnson, Robert (June 2, 2024). "2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results". Letsrun. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
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- 1965: Benjamin Kogo (KEN)
- 1973: Ben Jipcho (KEN)
- 1978: Henry Rono (KEN)
- 1987: Patrick Sang (KEN)
- 1991: Moses Kiptanui (KEN)
- 1995: Bernard Barmasai (KEN)
- 1999: Kipkurui Misoi (KEN)
- 2003: Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN)
- 2007: Willy Komen (KEN)
- 2011: Birhan Getahun (ETH)
- 2015: Clement Kemboi (KEN)
- 2019: Benjamin Kigen (KEN)
- 2023: Samuel Firewu (ETH)
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