Tesfaye Tola (born 19 October 1974) is an Ethiopian long-distance

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, most known for winning a

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at the

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. The next year he finished fourth at the 2001 World Championships, and fifth in the World Half Marathon Championships.

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)

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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 {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub