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Ethiopian athlete (born 2004)
Samuel Firewu
Personal information
Full nameSamuel Firewu Fiche
NationalityEthiopian
Born (2004-05-03) 3 May 2004 (age 20)
Arbegona, Sidama Region, Ethiopia
Sport
SportAthletics
Event3000m steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)3000m Steeplechase: 8:07.25 (Doha, 2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra 3000 m st.
World U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cali 3000 m st.

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.

Career

In 2021 Samuel Firewu finished fourth in the Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi.

In March 2022 he became Ethiopia senior champion for the first time winning the 3000m steeplechase in Addis Ababa. He finished fifth at the 2022 African Championships in Athletics in June 2022 in Port Louis, Mauritius. 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.

Samuel Firewu set a new personal best time of 8:10.57 at the Diamond League event in Monaco, in July 2023. He was selected for the Ethiopia team for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. In September 2023, he finished second at the Diamond League event in Xiamen, China, in the 3000m steeplechase. Later that month, he finished second at the Diamond League final in Eugene, Oregon in a time of 8:10.74.

In March 2024, he won gold in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the African Games. 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. He finished fourth in the 3000m steeplechase on 19 May 2024 at the 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme, and second at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League event in Stockholm. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 3000 metres steeplechase, finishing in sixth place in the final.

References

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  12. "Rabat/Marrakech Diamond League 2024 - Results". Watch Athletics. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
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African Games champions in men's 3000 metres steeplechase
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