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Nationality | Ethiopian | |||||||||||||||||
Born | 19 June 1997 | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Half marathon, Marathon | |||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | Marathon: 2:04:29 ( Milan 2021) | |||||||||||||||||
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Seifu Tura Abdiwak [a] (born 19 June 1997) [2] is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He won the 2021 Chicago Marathon and placed second at the 2022 Chicago Marathon.
Seifu Tura originally specialized in middle-distance running, having won the 3000 m event of the 2015 Janusz Kusociński Memorial in Szczecin, Poland, with a time of 7:56.22. [3] [4]
In 2017, he debuted over the marathon distance at the JoongAng Seoul Marathon, taking second place with a time of 2:09:26. [1] [5]
After achieving a time of 2:04:44 at the 2018 Dubai Marathon, Tura won the 2018 Milano Marathon with a time of 2:09:04, despite having an issue with cramps. [6] [1] It was the runner's third attempt at the distance, six months after the first. [1] Later that year, Tura also won the Shanghai Marathon, with a time of 2:09:18, a split second ahead of compatriot Tsegaye Mekonnen. [7] [8] [9] This also marked the first time both winners of the Shanghai Marathon were from Ethiopia, as Yebrgual Melese had also won the race, setting a course record in the process. [7]
In 2021, Tura set a marathon personal best of 2:04:29 with a fourth-place finish in Milano. [10] [2] Months later, he won the 2021 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:06:12. [11] [10]
The following year in July, Tura placed sixth in the marathon at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon with a time of 2:07:17. [2] He finished second at the 2022 Chicago Marathon in October in 2:04:49. [12]