Shida Leni (born 22 May 1994) is a

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...

n sprinter.

Early life

Shida was born in

Arua Arua is a city and commercial centre within the Arua District in the Northern Region of Uganda. Location Arua is approximately , by road, north-west of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda, Arua is about , by road, west of Gulu, the ...

in 1994 as the daughter of

Abdulatif Tiyua Abdulatif Tiyua is a Ugandan retired military officer and former rebel leader. He served as a Uganda Army (UA) commander during the dictatorship of Idi Amin. When Amin was overthrown in 1979 during the Uganda–Tanzania War, Tiyua was imprisoned b ...

, a retired military officer and former deputy commander the

West Nile Bank Front The West Nile Bank Front (WNBF) was an Ugandan rebel group under the command of Juma Oris. History Formed by ex- Uganda Army soldiers who remained loyal to Idi Amin, the group's exact foundation is unclear. Its first reported activity was in ...

rebel group.

Career

After Kevin and Sue O'Connor began coaching Shida in August 2013, she represented

at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow reaching the semifinals. This was her first competition outside of Uganda. In February 2018, in Kampala, she ran 52.47 to break the 12-year-old 400m National Record. She has now broken this record on 7 occasions, most recently at the 2019 National Championships (51.47), where she also broke the 12-year-old 200m National Record with a time of 23.43. Shida's most notable international achievement was 400m Silver Medal (51.64) at the 2019 World University Games held in Naples, Italy. She competed at the

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International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

– 23.43 (Kampala 2019) (National Record) *

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

– 51.47 (Kampala 2019) (National Record) *

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

– 2:13.20 (Gavardo 2017)

References

1994 births Living people People from Arua District Ugandan female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games Universiade medalists for Uganda Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade African Games competitors for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists for Uganda Olympic female sprinters Olympic athletes for Uganda 21st-century Ugandan women 21st-century Ugandan people Sportspeople from Northern Region, Uganda Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Uganda {{Uganda-athletics-bio-stub