Tesfaye Tola (born 19 October 1974) is an Ethiopian
long-distance
Long distance or Long-distance may refer to:
*Long-distance calling
*Long-distance operator
*Long-distance relationship
* Long-distance train
*Long-distance anchor pylon, see dead-end tower
Footpaths
*Long-distance trail
*European long-dista ...
runner
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, most known for winning a
bronze medal
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in
marathon
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at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
. The next year he finished fourth at the
2001 World Championships, and fifth in the
World Half Marathon Championships
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.
Achievements
He won the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1998
Personal bests
*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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1974 births
Living people
Ethiopian male marathon runners
Ethiopian male long-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Ethiopia
Olympic bronze medalists for Ethiopia
World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
20th-century Ethiopian people
21st-century Ethiopian people
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