A Quick Look at Tamirat Tola Abera the 2024 Marathon Olympic Champion

Tamirat Tola Abera (born 11 August 1991) is an Ethiopian world champion long-distance runner who competes in track, road and cross country events.

He won gold medal in the marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics and the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Tamirat competed in the marathon at the 2017 and 2022 World Athletics Championships, earning silver and gold, respectively, setting a championship record at the latter in the process.

He finished third at both the 2021 Tokyo and 2023 London Marathon and won the 2023 New York City Marathon, breaking the course record.

At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, he won the gold medal in the men's marathon and set a new Olympic record in 2 hours 6 minutes 26 seconds, besting the previous Olympic record of 2 hours 6 minutes 32 seconds.

posted Saturday August 10th