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Girma Tolla (born 15 October 1975) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon race, having previously concentrated on the 10,000 metres.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Ethiopia
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| 1999 | World Cross Country Championships | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 2nd | Team | |
| World Championships | Seville, Spain | 4th | 10,000 m | 28:02.08 | |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 11th | 10,000 m | 27:49.75 |
| 2004 | Enschede Marathon | Enschede, Netherlands | 1st | Marathon | 2:10:33 |
Personal bests
- 3000 metres - 7:42.98 min (1999)
- 5000 metres - 13:15.72 min (1998)
- 10,000 metres - 27:13.48 min (1999)
- Half marathon - 1:02:06 hrs (2003)
- Marathon - 2:10:33 hrs (2004)
External links
- Girma Tolla at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Girma Tolla". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2013-12-06.
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- Ethiopian male long-distance runners
- Ethiopian male marathon runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Ethiopia
- Ethiopian male cross country runners
- 20th-century Ethiopian people
- 21st-century Ethiopian people
- Ethiopian athletics biography stubs