Eshetu Tura

Eshetu Tura
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Ethiopia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1980 Moscow3000 m st.
African Championships
Gold medal – first place1982 Cairo3000 m st.
Silver medal – second place1979 Dakar3000 m st.
Silver medal – second place1982 Cairo5000 m
Representing Africa
IAAF World Cup
Silver medal – second place1977 Düsseldorf3000 m steeplechase

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

Career

Tura won the 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. ↑ "African Championships".
  2. ↑ "Ethiopian Athletics Coaches- Woldemeskel Kostre, Yilma Berta, Tolossa Kotu, Eshetu Tura". Archived from the original on 2006-05-12. Retrieved 2006-12-15.
  3. ↑ Somali inspiration battles against the odds
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