Kuma Girma (born 24 November 2005) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. He is the African under-20 record holder over 5km on the road. Career. He was a member of the silver medal-winning Ethiopian team at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships U20 race, finishing 13th individually. He followed that up by placing third in Jakob Ingebrigtsen's two-mile world record race at the 2023 Meeting de Paris in a time of 8:10.34. He set a 5000 m personal best of 13:03.37 at the 2023 Athletissima in Switzerland, to finish seventh overall . In March 2024, he finished fourth at the delayed 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana. In November 2024, he was runner-up to Jimmy Gressier at the Cross International d'Allonnes in France. In December 2024, he was runner-up to Hagos Gebrhiwet in the 5km race at the Al Sharqiyah International, a World Athletics Elite Label event, in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. The time set a new African under-20 record. On 8 February 2025, Girma won the men's 3000m in 7:31.78 at the Meeting Metz Moselle Athlelor – a World Indoor Tour Silver meeting in Metz, France. He finished runner-up over 5000 metres at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event, in a personal best time of 12:50.69, finishing narrowly behind the event winner Berihu Aregawi (12:50.45). He ran a 5000 metres personal best of 12:46.41 at the 2025 Bislett Games, part of the 2025 Diamond League, on 12 June 2025. He was runner-up in the 5000 metres at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan event in Stockholm, part of the 2025 Diamond League. Personal life. He is the younger brother of fellow runner Lamecha Girma.