Kuma Girma
{{Short description|Ethiopian athlete (born 2005)}}
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| nationality = Ethiopian
| sport = Athletics
| event = Middle-distance running, Long-distance running
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|11|24|df=yes}}
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| pb =1500m:3:36.60 (Rabat, 2024)
3000m: 7:31.78 (Metz, 2025)
5000m: 12:50.69 (Keqiao, 2025)
5km road 12:38 (Al Khobar, 2024) AU20R
10km road: 26:58 (Castellón, 2025)
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Kuma Girma (born 24 November 2005) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. He is the African under-20 record holder over 5km on the road.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/kuma-girma-14975226|website=World Athletics|accessdate=3 May 2025|title=Kuma Girma}}
Career
He was a member of the silver medal-winning Ethiopian team at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships U20 race, finishing 13th individually.{{Cite web |last=Nichols |first=Lee |title=World Junior XC — Bronze Medals For Both U.S. Teams |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/article/world-junior-xc-bronze-medals-for-both-u-s-teams/ |access-date=3 May 2025|website=Track & Field News |language=en-US}} He followed that up by placing third in Jakob Ingebrigtsen's two-mile world record race at the 2023 Meeting de Paris in a time of 8:10.34.{{Cite web |last=Norma |first=Julio y |date=10 June 2023|title=Girma prendió 'Lamecha' para el récord mundial de los 3.000 obstáculos |url=https://www.runningcolombia.com/girma-prendio-lamecha-para-el-record-mundial-de-los-3-000-obstaculos/ |access-date=3 May 2025|website=Running Colombia |language=es}} He set a 5000 m personal best of 13:03.37 at the 2023 Athletissima in Switzerland, to finish seventh overall .{{Cite web |last=Hollobaugh |first=Jeff |title=Lausanne DL — Aregawi Takes Intense 5000 |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/article/lausanne-dl-aregawi-takes-intense-5000/ |access-date=3 May 2025 |website=Track & Field News |language=en-US}}
In March 2024, he finished fourth at the delayed 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7207013?eventId=10229609|website=World Athletics|accessdate=3 May 2025|title= African Games|date=18 March 2024}} In November 2024, he was runner-up to Jimmy Gressier at the Cross International d'Allonnes in France.{{cite web|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/news/gressier-makes-a-triumphant-return-to-racing-with-victory-in-allonnes|website=European Athletics|accessdate=3 May 2025|title= Gressier makes a triumphant return with victory in Allonnes|date=18 November 2024}} In December 2024, he was runner-up to Hagos Gebrhiwet in the 5km race at the Al Sharqiyah International, a World Athletics Elite Label event, in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. The time set a new African under-20 record.{{cite web|url=https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/42996/|website=The Reporter Ethiopia|accessdate=3 May 2025|title= Gebrhiwet and Alemayo win 5km clashes in Al Khobar|date=December 21, 2024}}
On 8 February 2025, Girma won the men's 3000m in 7:31.78 at the Meeting Metz Moselle Athlelor – a World Indoor Tour Silver meeting in Metz, France.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/duguma-hess-metz-szymanski|website=World Athletics|accessdate=3 May 2025|title= Duguma and Hess fly to world leads in Metz|date=8 Feb 2025}} He finished runner-up over 5000 metres at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event, in a personal best time of 12:50.69, finishing narrowly behind the event winner Berihu Aregawi (12:50.45).{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7199680?eventId=10229609|website=World Athletics|accessdate=3 May 2025|title= Yangtze River Delta Athletics Diamond Gala|date=3 May 2025}}{{cite web|website=World Athletics|accessdate=3 May 2025|title=Tinch and Duplantis fly in Shanghai/Keqiao|date=3 May 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/shanghai-keqiao-diamond-league-tinch-duplantis}}
Personal life
He is the younger brother of fellow runner Lamecha Girma.{{cite web|url= https://www.athletics.co.ke/yomif-kejelcha-eyes-world-10km-record-in-spain/?amp=1|website=Athletics.co.ke|accessdate=3 May 2025|title=Yomif Kejelcha eyes World 10km Record in Spain|date=February 15, 2025|first=John|last= Vaselyne }}
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