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Eshetu Tura

Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
Olympic Games
	1980 Moscow	3000 m steeplechase
Representing Africa
IAAF World Cup
	1977 Düsseldorf	3000 m steeplechase

Eshetu Tura (Amharic: አሸቱ ቱራ; (born January 19, 1950) is a retired long-distance runner from Ethiopia. He won a bronze medal in 3,000 metres steeplechase at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Career

Tura won the 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.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Ethiopia
1979	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	2nd	3000 m steeple	8:31.4
1982	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	5000 m	13:50.33
			1st	3000 m steeple	8:30.47

References

1. "African Championships".
2. "Ethiopian Atheltics Coaches- Woldemeskel Kostre, Yilma Berta, Tolossa Kotu, Eshetu Tura". Archived from the original on 2006-05-12. Retrieved 2006-12-15.
3. Somali inspiration battles against the odds

External links

• Eshetu Tura at World Athletics

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