Eshetu Tura ( am, አሸቱ ቱራ; (born January 19, 1950) is an Ethiopian retired

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires endurance, stamina as well as mental strength. Within e ...

from

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. He won the bronze medal in 3,000 metres steeplechase at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

Career

Tura won a silver medal behind

Kip Rono George Kiprotich "Kip" Rono (born 4 January 1958) is a Kenyan former steeplechase runner. He won a gold medal in the event at the 1979 African Championships in Athletics (becoming the inaugural champion) and was the first African steeplechase win ...

at the first

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. In the 1982 edition, he won the steeplechase competition as well as a silver in

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. Tura is currently working as a steeplechase coach for the Ethiopian national athletics team, where he also served as a coach for the late Somalian middle-distance athlete

Samia Yusuf Omar Samia Yusuf Omar or Samiyo Omar ( so, Saamiya Yuusuf Cumar; ar, سامية يوسف عمر; 25 March 1991 – April 2012) was a sprinter from Somalia. She was one of two Somali athletes who competed for their nation at the 2008 Summer Olympics ...

.Somali inspiration battles against the odds
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* 1950 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Ethiopia Ethiopian athletics coaches World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century Ethiopian people 21st-century Ethiopian people Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub