Tamirat Tola Abera (born 11 August 1991) is an Ethiopian

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who competes in

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and cross country events. He won the bronze medal in the

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at the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

. Tamirat competed in the

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at the

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and

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, earning silver and gold respectively, and setting a championship record in 2022.

Career

Tamirat Tola made his

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debut in

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in 2013, and then quickly improved to win the

České Budějovice Half Marathon The České Budějovice Half Marathon is an annual half marathon race which takes place in early June in České Budějovice, Czech Republic. Known as the Mattoni České Budějovice Half Marathon, it is a part of RunCzech running circuit. The co ...

in a time of 1:02:04 hours. He improved his best further to 1:01:27 at the

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,Tamrat Tola

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. Retrieved on 2016-03-29. then made a fast

debut with a time of 2:06:17 hours for fourth at the high-profile Dubai Marathon. Tamirat won the Ethiopian national title in cross country in 2015 which led to his selection for the

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. Making his international debut, he took sixth place in the senior race which helped the Ethiopians narrowly take the team title on equal points with Kenya ( Muktar Edris,

Hagos Gebrhiwet Hagos Gebrhiwet Berhe ( ti, ሓጎስ ገብረሂወት, born 11 May 1994) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and the former World Junior Record holder in the 5000 meters (12:47:53). Early life Born in the Tigray Region, he took up runni ...

and

Atsedu Tsegay Atsedu Tsegay Tesfay (born 17 December 1991) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner. In 2012, he won Prague Half Marathon in a time of 58:47 — the best half marathon performance of the year and an Ethiopian record. His first major ...

were the other point-scoring team members).Tamirat Tola
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-29. He had mixed fortunes in the rest of the season: he failed to finish the 2015 Berlin Marathon but set bests of 60:08 minutes for the half marathon and 27:22.64 minutes for the

. Several good performances on the circuit in late 2015/early 2016 led to wins at the

Cross Internacional de Itálica The Cross Internacional de Itálica is an annual cross country running competition that is held every January in Santiponce, near Seville, Spain. Inaugurated in 1982, the race course is set in the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Itálica. As ...

, Cross International de la Constitución,

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and

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. He was part of the national team setup in 2016, this time for the

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. He was again an essential team member with his fifth-place finish in a time of 60:06 minutes, pushing Ethiopia (through

Abayneh Ayele Abayneh Ayele Woldegiorgis (born 4 November 1987) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes mainly in road running events. He holds a marathon best of 2:06:45 hours and a half marathon best of 59:59 minutes. He was a bronze medallist in ...

, Tamirat, and

Mule Wasihun Mule Wasihun Lakew (born 20 October 1993) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running events up to the marathon distance. He was a team silver medallist at the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Mule placed thi ...

) to the team silver medals. In 2017, Tamirat participated in the

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held in London, earning the silver medal in the

with a time of 2:09:49. In 2022, he went one better in the

at the

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, winning gold and setting a championship record of 2:05:36 in the process.

Achievements

International competitions

Circuit wins

* 2013: Hawassa Half Marathon (ETH),

* 2015:

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* 2017: Dubai Marathon, Prague Half Marathon * 2018:

* 2019:

Bogotá Half Marathon The Bogotá International Half Marathon ( es, Media Maratón Internacional de Bogotá), or mmB as it is traditionally known, is an annual road running competition over a half marathon distance () taking place in Bogotá, Colombia in late July o ...

* 2021:

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* 2022: Trento Half Marathon (ITA)

Personal bests

– 26:57.33 (

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2016) *

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– 28:12 (

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2018) *

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– 59:37 (

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2017) *

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– 2:03:39 (

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2021)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tola, Tamirat Living people 1991 births Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ethiopia Olympic bronze medalists for Ethiopia Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia 20th-century Ethiopian people 21st-century Ethiopian people