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Ambesse Tolosa
Ethiopian marathon runner

Ambesse Tolosa

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Ethiopian marathon runner
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Place of birth
Shewa
Age
47 years
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Biography

Ambesse Tolosa (born 28 August 1977 in Shewa) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon race.
Tolosa tested positive for banned substances in February 2008 and received a two-year ban from competitive athletics. The substance that was present in his system (morphine) was not a performance-enhancing drug and Tolosa said that he did not know how it had gotten into his body, but the IAAF rules stated that athletes received bans regardless of intent. His results from 9 December 2007 onwards were annulled, which included his win at the Honolulu Marathon that year.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Ethiopia
1998Hokkaido MarathonSapporo, Japan1stMarathon2:10:13
1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain13thMarathon2:16:45
2000World Cross Country ChampionshipsVilamoura2ndTeam
Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands8thMarathon2:10:57
2001Beijing MarathonBeijing, PR China5thMarathon2:10:37
2002Amsterdam MarathonAmsterdam, Netherlands7thMarathon2:10:09
2003World ChampionshipsParis, France19thMarathon2:12:19
2004Paris MarathonParis, France1stMarathon2:08:56
Olympic GamesAthens, Greece15thMarathon2:15:39
2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland19thMarathon2:16:36
2006Rock 'n' Roll San Diego MarathonSan Diego, United States1stMarathon2:10:08
Tokyo MarathonTokyo, Japan1stMarathon2:08:58
Honolulu MarathonHonolulu, Hawaii1stMarathon2:13:42
2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan38thMarathon2:30:20

Personal bests

SurfaceEventTime (h:min:s)VenueDate
Road10 km27:56Groesbeek, Netherlands10 June 2000
Half marathon1:02:19Brussels, Belgium5 May 2002
25 km1:15:31Tokyo, Japan12 February 2006
30 km1:30:43Rotterdam, Netherlands24 April 2002
Marathon2:08:56Paris, France4 April 2004
  • All information taken from IAAF profile.

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