Medal record | ||
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Men's Athletics | ||
Representing Ethiopia | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1980 Moscow | 3000 m steeplechase | |
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 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.