Shida Leni (born 22 May 1994) is a

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...

n sprinter.

Early life

Shida was born in

Arua Arua is a city and commercial centre within the Arua District in the Northern Region, Uganda, Northern Region of Uganda. Location Arua is approximately north-west of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda, Arua is about , by road, west ...

in 1994 as the daughter of Abdulatif Tiyua, a retired military officer and former deputy commander the West Nile Bank Front rebel group.

Career

After Kevin and Sue O'Connor began coaching Shida in August 2013, she represented

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 The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

– 23.43 (Kampala 2019) (National Record) *

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

– 51.47 (Kampala 2019) (National Record) *

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

– 2:13.20 (Gavardo 2017)

References

1994 births Living people People from Arua District Ugandan female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games athletes for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games Universiade medalists for Uganda Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade African Games competitors for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics African Games bronze medalists for Uganda Olympic female sprinters Olympic athletes for Uganda 21st-century Ugandan sportswomen Sportspeople from Northern Region, Uganda Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Uganda African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Uganda-athletics-bio-stub