Shumi Dechasa (born 28 May 1989) is an Ethiopian-born Bahraini long distance runner who specialises in the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

. He competed in the marathon event at the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

in Beijing, China, where he finished 5th. In 2017 Shumi was 8th in the

Stockholm Marathon The Stockholm Marathon, known as the adidas Stockholm Marathon for sponsorship reasons, is an annual marathon arranged in Stockholm, Sweden, since 1979. It serves as the Swedish marathon championship race. At the 2009 Stockholm Marathon more t ...

in 2:15:35 and came 15th in 2:15:08 at the London

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men's marathon. The race was won by Kenya's

Geoffrey Kirui Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui (Born 16 February 1993) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in cross country running competitions, track and road races up to the marathon. Junior career Kirui won gold in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 African ...

. In 2019 Shumi was 2nd at the Geneva Marathon in 2:09:55, just ten seconds back from the race winner Bernard Too. Shumi won the 2021 Geneva Marathon, in a time of 2:06:59.

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* 1989 births Living people Bahraini male long-distance runners Bahraini male marathon runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Bahrain Place of birth missing (living people) Ethiopian emigrants to Bahrain Naturalized citizens of Bahrain Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Bahrain {{Bahrain-athletics-bio-stub