Leni Shida

Shida Leni (born 22 May 1994) is a Ugandan sprinter.[3]

Shida Leni
Personal information
Born (1994-05-22) 22 May 1994
Arua, Uganda[1]
EducationBugema University[2]
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)200 m, 400 m
Coached byKevin and Sue O'Connor

Early life

Shida 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

After 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
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Uganda
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 21st (sf) 400 m 54.30
2015 Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 11th (sf) 400 m 53.40
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:45.40
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 19th (sf) 200 m 24.56
6th 400 m 52.86
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 8th 400 m 53.91
2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan 5th 400 m 54.57
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 34th (h) 200 m 25.29
11th (sf) 400 m 53.44
15th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 47.05
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:43.38
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 22nd (sf) 400 m 54.50
8th 4 × 400 m relay 3:35.03
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 10th (sf) 200 m 24.36
6th 400 m 52.78
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 19th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:35.02
Universiade Naples, Italy 2nd 400 m 51.64
African Games Rabat, Morocco 6th 400 m 52.47
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.25
World Championships Doha, Qatar 31st (h) 400 m 52.22
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 31st (h) 400 m 52.48
2022 African Championships Port Louis, Mauritius 4th 400 m 52.91

Personal bests

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Outdoor

References
  1. "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. 2017 Universiade bio
  3. Leni Shida at World Athletics
  4. James Bakama (13 July 2018). "Leni sets new 400m national record at Namboole Stadium". New Vision. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  5. Robert Elema (3 March 2018). "Government agrees to pay veterans". West Nile Web. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  6. "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.
  7. "All-Athletics profile". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 18 September 2017.


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