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Tamirat Tola
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Tamirat at the 2015 Berlin Marathon
Personal information
Full name Tamirat Tola Abera
Nationality Ethiopian
Born (1991-08-11) 11 August 1991 (age 33)
Sport
Country Ethiopia
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
Olympic Games
Gold 2024 Paris Marathon
Bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10,000 m
World Championships
Gold 2022 Eugene Marathon
Silver 2017 London Marathon
World Half Marathon Championships
Silver 2016 Cardiff Team
World Cross Country Championships
Gold 2015 Guiyang Team
World Marathon Majors
Gold 2023 New York Marathon
Bronze 2022 Tokyo Marathon
Bronze 2023 London Marathon

Tamirat Tola Abera (born 11 August 1991) is an Ethiopian Olympic and world champion long-distance runner who competes in track, road and cross country events. He won gold medal in the marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics, setting an Olympic record, and the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Tamirat competed in the marathon at the 2017 and 2022 World Athletics Championships, earning silver and gold, respectively, setting a championship record at the latter in the process. He finished third at both the 2021 Tokyo and 2023 London Marathon and won the 2023 New York City Marathon, breaking the course record.

Career

Tamirat Tola made his half marathon debut in Agadir in 2013, and then quickly improved to win the České Budějovice Half Marathon in a time of 1:02:04 hours. He improved his best further to 1:01:27 at the Ústí nad Labem Half Marathon, then made a fast marathon 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 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. 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 and Atsedu Tsegay were the other point-scoring team members). 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 10,000 metres.

Several good performances on the circuit in late 2015/early 2016 led to wins at the Cross Internacional de Itálica, Cross International de la Constitución, Boclassic and Great Ethiopian Run. He was part of the national team setup in 2016, this time for the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. He was again an essential team member with his fifth-place finish in a time of 60:06 minutes, pushing Ethiopia (through Abayneh Ayele, Tamirat, and Mule Wasihun) to the team silver medals.

In 2017, Tamirat participated in the World Championships held in London, earning the silver medal in the marathon with a time of 2:09:49.

In 2022, he went one better in the marathon at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, winning gold and setting a championship record of 2:05:36 in the process.

In 2023, he won the New York City Marathon with a course record time of 2:04:58.

In 2024, he won the Olympic marathon title in Paris with an Olympic Record time of 2:06:26. Tola was a late addition to the Ethiopian National Team due to injury of Sisay Lemma.

Achievements

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Result
Representing  Ethiopia
2015 World Cross Country Championships Guiyang, China 6th Senior race 35:33
1st Team 20 pts
2016 World Half Marathon Championships Cardiff, United Kingdom 5th Half marathon 1:00:06
2nd Team 3:01:16
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rd 10,000 m 27:06.26
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 2nd Marathon 2:09:49
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 1st Marathon 2:05:36 CR
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary Marathon DNF
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 1st Marathon 2:06:26
World Marathon Majors
2015 Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany Marathon DNF
2018 Boston Marathon Boston, MA, United States Marathon DNF
New York City Marathon New York, NY, United States 4th Marathon 2:08:30
2019 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 6th Marathon 2:06:57
New York City Marathon New York, NY, United States 4th Marathon 2:09:20
2020 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 6th Marathon 2:06:41
2022 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 3rd Marathon 2:04:14
2023 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 3rd Marathon 2:04:59
New York City Marathon New York, NY, United States 1st Marathon 2:04:58

Circuit wins

  • 2013: Hawassa Half Marathon (ETH), České Budějovice Half Marathon
  • 2015: BOclassic
  • 2017: Dubai Marathon, Prague Half Marathon
  • 2018: BOclassic
  • 2019: Bogotá Half Marathon
  • 2021: Amsterdam Marathon
  • 2022: Trento Half Marathon (ITA)

Personal bests

See also

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