| Samuel Firewu | |
| Full Name: | Samuel Firewu Fiche |
| Nationality: | Ethiopian |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 3000m steeplechase |
| Birth Date: | 3 May 2004 |
| Birth Place: | Arbegona, Sidama Region, Ethiopia |
| Pb: | 3000m Steeplechase: 8:07.25 (Doha, 2024) |
Samuel Firewu Fiche (born 3 May 2004) is an Ethiopian track and field athlete. He finished second at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships and won the 2022 Ethiopian Athletics Championships in the 3000m steeplechase.[1]
In 2021 Samuel Firewu finished fourth in the Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi.[2]
In March 2022 he became Ethiopia senior champion for the first time winning the 3000m steeplechase in Addis Ababa.[3] He finished fifth at the 2022 African Championships in Athletics in June 2022 in Port Louis, Mauritius.[4] In August 2022, he finished as runner-up to compatriot Samuel Duguna to win the silver medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.[5]
Samuel Firewu set a new personal best time of 8:10.57 at the Diamond League event in Monaco, in July 2023.[6] He was selected for the Ethiopia team for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[7] In September 2023, he finished second at the Diamond League event in Xiamen, China, in the 3000m steeplechase.[8] Later that month, he finished second at the Diamond League final in Eugene, Oregon in a time of 8:10.74.[9]
In March 2024, he won gold in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the African Games.[10] In May 2024, he won the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2024 Doha Diamond League event with a new personal best time of 8:07.25.[11] He finished fourth in the 3000m steeplechase on 19 May 2024 at the 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme, [12] and second at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League event in Stockholm.[13] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 3000 metres steeplechase, finishing in sixth place in the final.[14]