Tessema Absher’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Long-distance runner
Is Athlete 
From Ethiopia 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 9 December 1986
Age: 33 years
Star sign Sagittarius

Tessema Abshero (Amharic: ተሠማ አብሸር; born 9 December 1986, in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.

He finished tenth in the 5000 metres at the 2002 African Championships. At the 2003 World Cross Country Championships he finished twelfth in the short race, while the Ethiopian team, of which Absher was a part, won the silver medal in the team competition.

He set a marathon best of 2:08:26 at the Hamburg Marathon in 2008 and also took part in the 2009 London Marathon.

He inspired his younger brother, Ayele Abshero, to run and Ayele became world junior champion in cross country in 2009.

Personal bests

  • 3000 metres – 7:44.21 min (2005)
  • 5000 metres – 13:23.08 min (2005)
  • 10,000 metres – 28:22.68 min (2006)
  • Half marathon – 1:02:57 hrs (2006)
  • Marathon – 2:08:26 hrs (2008)
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