Tesfaye Tola
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Tesfaye Tola (born 19 October 1974) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, best known for winning a bronze medal in marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The next year, he finished fourth at the 2001 World Championships, and fifth at the World Half Marathon Championships.
Achievements
[edit | edit source]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Ethiopia
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| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 3rd | Marathon | 2:11:10 |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | — | Marathon | DNF |
He won the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1998
Personal bests
[edit | edit source]- 10,000 metres - 28:12.32 (1999)
- 15 kilometres - 43:13 (2001)
- Half marathon - 59:51 (2000)
- Marathon - 2:06:57 (1999)
External links
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Categories:
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Ethiopian men marathon runners
- Ethiopian men long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Ethiopia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Ethiopia
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Ethiopian sportsmen
- 21st-century Ethiopian sportsmen
- Ethiopian athletics biography stubs
- African Olympic medalist stubs