Leni Shida

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

Leni Shida

Leni Shida in 2024
Personal information
Born	(1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 30) Arua, Uganda[1]
Education	Bugema University[2]
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	200 m, 400 m
Coached by	Kevin 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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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
2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	11th (sf)	400 m	53.23
	African Championships	Douala, Cameroon	7th	400 m	53.50

Personal bests

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Outdoor

• 200 metres – 23.43 (Kampala 2019) (National Record)
• 400 metres – 51.47 (Kampala 2019) (National Record)
• 800 metres – 2:13.20 (Gavardo 2017)

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.