- This is the name of a person from Ethiopia ; here, “Tamirat” is a personal name , and “Tola” is a middle name , not a surname .
Tamirat Tola Abera ( Amh . ታምራት ቶላ ; born August 11, 1991 ) is an Ethiopian athlete who specializes in long-distance running . Bronze medalist of the 2016 Olympic Games in the 10,000 meter race. Cross World Champion in the team event ( 2015 ).
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| Full name | ታምራት ቶላ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date and place of birth | August 11, 1991 (age 27) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 181 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Oromiya Police | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainers | Gemedou Dedefoe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sports career | 2013 - n. at. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 000 m | 26.57.33 (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Half marathon | 1: 00.06 (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marathon | 2: 04.11 (2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
He has been competing since 2013, mainly in cross-country and highway running . He became the winner of the half marathon in Ceske Budejovice (2013), crosses in Alcobendas (2015) and Seville (2016), 10-kilometer runs in Addis Ababa and Bolzano (2015).
At the debut marathon in Dubai in 2014, he took fourth place with a score of 2: 06.17.
He played for the Ethiopian team at the 2015 World Cross-country Championship , where he finished 6th at a 12-kilometer distance and won gold in the team event. In 2016, he was 5th at the world championship in half marathon in the British Cardiff with a personal record of 1: 00.06. As part of the team, he took the silver team championship.
At the Ethiopian Olympic selection at a distance of 10,000 meters (held at the Fanny Blankers-Kun Memorial in the Dutch Hengelo ) took second place after Yigrem Demelasha . Thanks to this success, he was included in the team for a trip to Rio de Janeiro [1] . At the Games he won a bronze medal, losing in the decisive race only to the Olympic champion Briton Mohammed Farah and Kenyan Paul Tanui . In the fight for the podium, he was only one hundredth of a second ahead of Demelasha.
In January 2017, he won the prestigious Dubai Marathon with a new personal record and the 17th result in world history - 2: 04.11 [2] .
Trained under the leadership of Gemed Dedefoe. He plays for the police in the Oromiya region [3] .
Key Results
| Year | Tournament | Location | Discipline | A place | Result |
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| 2015 | Cross World Championship | Guiyang , China | cross 12 km | 6th | 35.33 |
| 2016 | Half Marathon World Championship | Cardiff , UK | half marathon | 5th | 1: 00.06 |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil | 10 000 m | 3rd | 06/27/26 |
Notes
Links
- Tamira Tola's profile on arrs.net
- Tamirat Tola - profile on IAAF website
- Tamira Tola's profile on all-athletics.com
- Tamirat Tola's profile on the 2016 Olympics website