Sutume Kebede

Sutume Asefa Kebede is a long-distance runner from Ethiopia. She won the 2024 Houston Half Marathon, the 2023 Kolkata 25K, the 2019 Beijing Marathon, the 2024 Tokyo Marathon and the 2025 Tokyo Marathon. .

Career

The first performance of Kebede that was recorded by the Association of Road Racing Statisticians is her victory at the 15K race at the in Kerzers, Switzerland, on , which she finished with a time of 50:34.6.

Later in 2015 she won six races on six consecutive weekends, including the 10K event at the in Paderborn, Germany, on with a time of 31:47,, the by Lake Maggiore in Italy, on with a time of 1:09:07, and the 25 Berlin, a 25K in Berlin, Germany, on with a time of 1:21:55. Her performance in the 25 Berlin was also an Ethiopian record at the time.

In January 2024 she became the fastest runner of any women’s half marathon located in America, by winning the 2024 Houston Half Marathon with a time of 1:04.37.