Shida Leni (born 22 May 1994) is a Ugandan sprinter.[3]
 Leni Shida in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 May 1994 Arua, Uganda[1] |
| Education | Bugema University[2] |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 200 m, 400 m |
| Coached by | Kevin and Sue O'Connor |
Early life
editShida was born in Arua in 1994[1] as the daughter of Abdulatif Tiyua,[4] a retired military officer and former deputy commander the West Nile Bank Front rebel group.[5]
Career
editAfter Kevin and Sue O'Connor began coaching Shida in August 2013, she represented Uganda at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow reaching the semifinals. This was her first competition outside of Uganda. In February 2018, in Kampala, she ran 52.47 to break the 12-year-old 400m National Record. She has now broken this record on 7 occasions, most recently at the 2019 National Championships (51.47), where she also broke the 12-year-old 200m National Record with a time of 23.43. Shida's most notable international achievement was 400m Silver Medal (51.64) at the 2019 World University Games held in Naples, Italy.
She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]
International competitions
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Personal bests
editOutdoor
- 200 metres – 23.43 (Kampala 2019) (National Record)
- 400 metres – 51.47 (Kampala 2019) (National Record)
- 800 metres – 2:13.20 (Gavardo 2017)
References
edit- ^ a b "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ 2017 Universiade bio
- ^ Leni Shida at World Athletics
- ^ James Bakama (13 July 2018). "Leni sets new 400m national record at Namboole Stadium". New Vision. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ Robert Elema (3 March 2018). "Government agrees to pay veterans". West Nile Web. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "Athletics SHIDA Leni". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "All-Athletics profile". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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