To provide an athletic shoe suitably used for an exercise with a sudden start and a sudden stop.

This athletic shoe 1 is provided with a sole 3 and an upper 5, and the sole 3 is composed of an upper layer 11 and a lower layer 13 in the rear half part 9 of the sole. The lower layer 13 is joined with at least one of the upper layer 11 and the front half part 7 of the sole 3. This shoe has such a structure that, when a load is applied in the front/rear direction of the athletic shoe, the lower layer 13 is slid and deviates from the front half part 7 of the sole, and when the load is removed, the deviation is restored. The joining part 15 is composed of an elastic body having lower elasticity than that of the sole 3. The displacement of the joining part 15 is preferably not less than 1 mm and not more than 30 mm, when a tensile load of 600 N is applied thereto. This athletic shoe 1 is provided with both properties of easiness to start suddenly and a buffer function when stopping suddenly.