Shumi Dechasa

Shumi Dechasa is an Ethiopian-born Bahraini long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He competed in the 2015 [World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon|marathon event] at the 2015 [World Championships in Athletics] in Beijing, China, where he finished 5th.
In 2017 Shumi was 8th in the Stockholm Marathon in 2:15:35 and came 15th in 2:15:08 at the London 2017 World [Championships in Athletics] men's marathon. The race was won by Kenya's Geoffrey Kirui. 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.