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, and the 2024 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 Kerzerslauf in Kerzers, Switzerland, on 2015.03.21, which she finished with a time of 50:34.6. She then won six races on six consecutive weekends, including the 10K event at the Paderborn Osterlauf in Paderborn, Germany, on 2015.04.04 with a time of 31:47,, the Lago Maggiore Half Marathon by Lake Maggiore in Italy, on 2015.04.19 with a time of 1:09:07, and the 25 Berlin, a 25K in Berlin, Germany, on 2015.05.10 with a time of 1:21:55. Her performance in the 25 Berlin was also an Ethiopian record at the time..