Eshetu Tura
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Athletics | ||
Representing  Ethiopia | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1980 Moscow | 3000 m st. |
| African Championships | ||
 | 1982 Cairo | 3000 m st. |
 | 1979 Dakar | 3000 m st. |
| 1982 Cairo | 5000 m |
Representing .svg){kind=small} Africa | ||
| IAAF World Cup | ||
| 1977 Düsseldorf | 3000 m steeplechase |
Eshetu Tura (Amharic: አሸቱ ቱራ, born 19 January 1950) is a retired long-distance runner from Ethiopia. He won a bronze medal in 3,000 metres steeplechase at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Tura won the silver medal behind Kip Rono at the first African Championships in 1979. In the 1982 edition, he won the steeplechase competition as well as a silver in 5000 metres.[1]
Tura is currently working as a steeplechase coach for the Ethiopian national athletics team,[2] where he also served as a coach for the late Somalian middle-distance athlete Samia Yusuf Omar.[3]
