Name Eshetu Tura | Role Olympic athlete | |
Olympic medals Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase | ||
Eshetu Tura (Amharic: አሸቱ ቱራ?) (born January 19, 1950) is a retired long-distance runner from Ethiopia. He won the bronze medal in 3,000 metres steeplechase at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Career
Tura won a 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.
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.
References
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