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Eshetu Tura

Eshetu Tura
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow 3000 m steeplechase
IAAF World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1977 Düsseldorf 3000 m 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.

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.



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