Samuel Fitwi Sibhatu
Samuel Fitwi Sibhatu is a German marathon runner. He won a bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships and ran at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Early life
At the age of 17, Sibhatu fled his home country of Eritrea with a group of four peers to Cologne to escape the military regime. After his escape, he was taken in by a family in Stadtkyll, Rhineland-Palatinate.Career
In August 2022, Sibhatu competed in the 10,000 meters at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, where he finished in ninth place with a new personal best time of 28:03.92 minutes.In 2023, Sibhatu achieved a personal best time of 2:08:28 hours at the Berlin Marathon, this also placed him in fourth place on the German all-time list.
On January 7, 2024, Sibhatu set a new best time of 2:06:27 in finishing fifth in the Dubai Marathon, that time met the qualifying standard for the 2024 Olympic Games.
He won a bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the Men's half marathon team event. In the individual race he placed fifth.
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.