Tadese Tola
Tola at the 2010 Paris Marathon | ||
Medal record | ||
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Men's athletics
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Representing Ethiopia | ||
World Championships
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2013 Moscow | Marathon
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All-Africa Games
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2007 Algiers | 10,000 m | |
World Road Running Championships
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2006 Debrecen | Team |
Tadese Tola (born 31 October 1987 in
He made his first impact in 2006, helping the Ethiopian teams to bronze medals in the junior race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 20 km race at the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships. He won a silver medal at the All-Africa Games in the 10,000 metres and ran at the 2007 World Championships.
He has largely focused on road running since 2008, scoring wins at the New York City Half Marathon and San Silvestre Vallecana. He made his marathon debut in 2009 at the Chicago Marathon and won on his second attempt at the Paris Marathon. He was the bronze medallist in the marathon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.
Career
He competed as a junior at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and helped the Ethiopian team to a junior team bronze with his tenth-place finish.[2] At the 2006 African Championships he finished fifth in the 10,000 metres with a personal best time of 28:15.16 minutes. He finished seventh at the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships, thereby helping Ethiopia to a bronze medal in the team competition.
He was the 2007 winner of the Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños in Spain,[3] and Tola went on to finish seventh at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa. He was Ethiopia's best finisher in the competition, in which reigning champion Kenenisa Bekele dropped out from exhaustion. A week after the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, he won the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run in Washington DC.[4] On track, he won the silver at the 2007 All-Africa Games in the 10,000 m in July, but only managed 13th in the final at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. He had much success on the American road circuit in 2008, winning the Falmouth Road Race and then going to take first place in the 2008 New York City Half Marathon with a time of 1:00:58.[5] He closed the year with a win at the San Silvestre Vallecana in Spain.
He ran at the
Tadese Tola began 2010 with a second-place finish at the
Tadese achieved a personal best time in January at the 2012
He was the favourite at the 2013 Paris Marathon, but finished as runner-up as he was unable to respond to
Personal bests
- 5000 metres - 13:18.82 min (2007)
- 10,000 metres - 27:04.89 min (2007)
- Half marathon - 59:49 min (2010)
- Marathon - 2:04:49 hrs (2013)
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event |
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2006 | World Cross Country Championships | Fukuoka , Japan
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10th | Individual junior race |
3rd | Team junior race | |||
African Championships in Athletics | Bambous, Mauritius | 5th | 10,000 m | |
World Road Running Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 7th | Individual 20 km | |
3rd | Team 20 km | |||
2007 | World Cross Country Championships | Mombasa, Kenya | 7th | Individual |
All-Africa Games | Algiers, Algeria | 2nd | 10,000 m | |
World Championships in Athletics | Osaka, Japan | 13th | 10,000 m | |
2009 | World Cross Country Championships | Amman, Jordan | 17th | Individual |
2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 3rd | Marathon |
Road race wins
- 2008 Falmouth Road Race
- 2008 New York City Half Marathon
- 2008 San Silvestre Vallecana
- 2009 Healthy Kidney 10K
- 2009 New York City Half Marathon
- 2010 Paris Marathon
- 2014 Orlen Warsaw Marathon
- 2016 Bogotá Half Marathon
References
- ^ Negash, Elshadai (3 May 2007). "Tola defeats Gebremariam in exciting sprint finish - Ethiopian Championships Day 1". IAAF.org. Archived from the original on 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
- IAAF(2006-04-02). Retrieve don 2010-04-11.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-12-27.
- ^ [1] "Associated Press", 1-April-2007, accessed 28-June-2011
- (2008-07-28). Retrieved on 2010-04-11.
- ^ Wallack, Rachel (May 16, 2009). "Tola smashes Central Park 10k record". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ^ Monti, David (July 5, 2009). "Athlete Disqualified At Peachtree Road Race". The Final Sprint. Archived from the original on August 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ^ Knorr, Alyse (July 5, 2009). "Peachtree fourth-place finisher disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
- ^ Knorr, Alyse (July 6, 2009). "Disqualified Peachtree runner disputes elbowing claim". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
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- ^ Minshull, Phil & van Hemert, Wim (2011-10-09). Kipchumba sizzles 2:05:48 course record in Eindhoven. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-09.
- ^ Butcher, Pat (2012-01-27). Abshero stuns with 2:04:23 debut, Mergia clocks 2:19:31 in Dubai. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-04.
- ^ Gains, Paul (2012-05-27). Mutai Destroys Field on Warm Night in Ottawa. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-27.
- ^ van Hemert, Wim (2012-10-14). Chumba surprises with course record in Eindhoven - REPORT. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
- ^ Butcher, Pat (2013-01-25). Debutant Desisa wins Dubai Marathon in 2:04:45, five men under 2:05. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-23.
- ^ Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2013-04-07). Tadese breaks course record in Paris as Some smashes PB. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-04-07.
- ^ Landells, Steve (2013-08-17). Report: Men's Marathon – Moscow 2013. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-21.
- ^ Jalava, Mirko (2013-10-20). Beijing course record finally broken by Tola. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-21.