Ambesse Tolosa
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.[1] His results from 9 December 2007 onwards were annulled,[2] 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 |
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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
- All information taken from IAAF profile.
References
External links
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- 1998 – 1999: Philip Tarus (KEN)
- 2000: Wolashe Belay (KEN)
- 2001: John Kagwe (KEN)
- 2002: Sammy Korir (KEN)
- 2003: Osoro Ondoro (KEN)
- 2004: Joseph Ngolepus (KEN)
- 2005: Christopher Cheboiboch (KEN)
- 2006: Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)
- 2007: Daniel Yego (KEN)
- 2008: Simon Wangai (KEN)
- 2009: Khalid El Boumlili (MAR)
- 2010: Richard Limo (KEN)
- 2011: Terfa Negari (ETH)
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