Shami Abdulahi

Shami Abdulahi Dawit (born 16 July 1984) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in marathon races.

A late-comer to elite level athletics, his first appearance in a European race came at the 2009 Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes, where he came seventh in a time of 2:14:09 hours.

[3] He was among the leaders for most of the 2011 Rome City Marathon and fell back to third in the final stages, although he managed a personal best run of 2:09:42 hours.

[4] He came close to stopping Kenneth Mburu Mungara from winning his fourth straight Toronto Waterfront Marathon as both runners recorded a time of 2:09:51 hours, but it was his Kenyan counterpart who crossed the line first.

[7] Three months later he won his first major race at the Hamburg Marathon and his time of 2:05:58 hours was a new course record for the German competition.