Tumo Turbo
Tumo Turbo (born February 23, 1970 - October 27, 2008 ) was an Ethiopian marathon runner .
In 1993 he finished sixth in the IAAF World Cup marathon held as part of the San Sebastian Marathon . A second place in the Turin Marathon in 1994 was followed the following year by winning the premiere of the Prague Marathon . So he qualified for the World Athletics Championships in Gothenburg , where he came in 29th place.
In 1996 he won the Houston Marathon and was then nominated for the Atlanta Olympics. There he did not reach the goal; for this he won the Eindhoven Marathon in the fall and came second in the New York City Marathon .
The following year he came second in the Lake Biwa marathon with his personal best of 2:09:00 h. At the World Cup in Athens he first took the lead, but then gave up. In the fall, he finished sixth in the Chuncheon Marathon .
In 1998 he was fifth in the Berlin Marathon , and in 2000 he was sixth in Turin and won in San Sebastián.
Tumo Turbo died in 2008 in a bus accident on the road between Addis Ababa and Awassa .
Web links
- Tumo Turbo in the database of World Athletics (English)
Footnotes
- ^ AFP : Nineteen killed in Ethiopia road accident . October 29, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Turbo, Tumo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian marathon runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1970 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 2008 |