| Samuel Fitwi Sibhatu | |
| Nationality: | German |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Eritrea |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Long-distance running |
Samuel Fitwi Sibhatu (born 1 January 1996) is a German marathon runner. He won a bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships and ran at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]
At the age of 17, Sibhatu fled his home country of Eritrea with a group of four peers to Cologne to escape the military regime . After his escape, he was taken in by a family in Stadtkyll, Rhineland-Palatinate.[2]
In August 2022, Sibhatu competed in the 10,000 meters at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, where he finished in ninth place with a new personal best time of 28:03.92 minutes.[3]
In 2023, Sibhatu achieved a personal best time of 2:08:28 hours at the Berlin Marathon, this also placed him in fourth place on the German all-time list.[4]
On January 7, 2024, Sibhatu set a new best time of 2:06:27 in finishing fifth in the Dubai Marathon, that time met the qualifying standard for the 2024 Olympic Games.[5]
He won a bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the Men's half marathon team event. In the individual race he placed fifth.[6]
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
In 2018, he obtained German citizenship.[7]