Ambesse Tolosa’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Ethiopian marathon runner
Is Runner 
Athlete 
Marathon runner 
From Ethiopia 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 28 August 1977, Shewa
Age: 42 years
Star sign Virgo

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

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Ethiopia
1998 Hokkaido Marathon Sapporo, Japan 1st Marathon 2:10:13
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 13th Marathon 2:16:45
2000 World Cross Country Championships Vilamoura 2nd Team
Rotterdam Marathon Rotterdam, Netherlands 8th Marathon 2:10:57
2001 Beijing Marathon Beijing, PR China 5th Marathon 2:10:37
2002 Amsterdam Marathon Amsterdam, Netherlands 7th Marathon 2:10:09
2003 World Championships Paris, France 19th Marathon 2:12:19
2004 Paris Marathon Paris, France 1st Marathon 2:08:56
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 15th Marathon 2:15:39
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 19th Marathon 2:16:36
2006 Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon San Diego, United States 1st Marathon 2:10:08
Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 1st Marathon 2:08:58
Honolulu Marathon Honolulu, Hawaii 1st Marathon 2:13:42
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 38th Marathon 2:30:20

Personal bests

Surface Event Time (h:min:s) Venue Date
Road 10 km 27:56 Groesbeek, Netherlands 10 June 2000
Half marathon 1:02:19 Brussels, Belgium 5 May 2002
25 km 1:15:31 Tokyo, Japan 12 February 2006
30 km 1:30:43 Rotterdam, Netherlands 24 April 2002
Marathon 2:08:56 Paris, France 4 April 2004
  • All information taken from IAAF profile.
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