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Ethiopian track and field athlete From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Medina Eisa Kumanda (born 3 January 2005)[1] is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 5000 metres at the 2022 and 2024 World Under-20 Championships and silver in the junior women's race at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships.
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Full name | Medina Eisa Kumanda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Debre Markos, Amhara Region, Ethiopia | 3 January 2005||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In June 2021, aged 16, Medina Eisa placed 10th in the 5000 metres race at the Ethiopian Olympic trials ahead of the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2]
In April 2022, she finished fourth in the event at the Ethiopian Athletics Championships held in Hawassa, running a time of 15:50.3.[3] She claimed the gold medal for the women's 5000 m at the World Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in August, clocking 15:29.71 ahead of compatriot Melknat Wudu and third-placed Uganda’s Prisca Chesang.[4][5] In October, Eisa won the Northern Ireland International Cross Country 6 km race held in Dundoland, Belfast in a time of 21:07.[6][7]
In February 2023, she earned the silver medal in the junior women's race at the World Cross Country Championships, running 21:00 to finish seven seconds behind compatriot Senayet Getachew. With the one-two Ethiopia took gold in the team standings.[8][9] In April, the 18-year-old set a world U20 best in the 5 kilometres road race with a time of 14:46 for a win at the Adizero Road to Records event in Herzogenaurach, Germany. She beat her compatriot Senbere Teferi, women's only race world record-holder, in a photo finish.[10]
In July 2023, Eisa competed at the Diamond League event in London and ran 5000m in 14:16.54 to set a new world U20 record, beating Tirunesh Dibaba previous world best mark at 14:30.88.[11] It was however not ratified as no anti-doping test was taken after the event.[12] In December 2023, she won the 15 kilometres road race Montferland Run held in 's-Heerenberg with a time of 47:40.
In February 2024, she set a new 3000 metres personal best time of 8:32.35 in Boston at the 2024 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.[13] She won the 2024 Millrose Games two miles in 9:04.39, the second-fastest short track time ever, but was later disqualified for cutting inside her staggered lane immediately after the race started, and thus not running the full distance.[14]
In March 2024, she won gold in the 5000 metres at the African Games.[15] In May 2024, she finished third in the 5000 metres at the 2024 Doha Diamond League.[16] She won the 5000 metres at the 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in Rabat.[17]
She competed in the 5000 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, placing seventh in the final.[18] Later that month, she retained her 5000m title at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[19]
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