Eshetu Tura

Eshetu Tura (Amharic: አሸቱ ቱራ; (born January 19, 1950) is an Ethiopian retired long-distance runner from Ethiopia. He won the bronze medal in 3,000 metres steeplechase at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Eshetu Tura
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow 3000 m steeplechase
Representing Africa
IAAF World Cup
1977 Düsseldorf 3000 m steeplechase

Career

Tura won a silver medal behind Kip Rono at the first African Championships in 1979. In the 1982 edition, he won the steeplechase competition as well as a silver in 5000 metres.[1]

Tura is currently working as a steeplechase coach for the Ethiopian national athletics team,[2] where he also served as a coach for the late Somalian middle-distance athlete Samia Yusuf Omar.[3]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Ethiopia
1979 African Championships Dakar, Senegal 2nd 3000 m steeple 8:31.4
1982 African Championships Cairo, Egypt 2nd 5000 m 13:50.33
1st 3000 m steeple 8:30.47

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-05-12. Retrieved 2006-12-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Somali inspiration battles against the odds



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