Eshetu Tura’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Athletics competitor
Is Athlete 
Runner 
Long-distance runner 
From Ethiopia 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 19 January 1950
Age: 70 years

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.

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
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