Tumo Turbo

Tumo Turbo (February 23, 1970 in Sidama province – October 29, 2008) was a long-distance runner from Ethiopia, who won the Eindhoven Marathon on October 13, 1996, clocking a total time of 2:11:26. Incredibly, only 3 weeks later, he came in 2nd place in the 1996 New York Marathon in 2:10:09, finishing a mere 15 seconds behind champion Giacomo Leone.

Turbo represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics, alongside Abebe Mekonnen and Belayneh Dinsamo, but did not finish the race. He held the course record of 2:14:56 in the 1992 Tel Aviv Marathon until 2014.

He died on Monday October 29, 2008 in a fatal car accident which occurred in the Addis Ababa-Awassa road and killed another 18 people.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ethiopia
1995	Prague Marathon	Prague, Czech Republic	1st	Marathon	2:12:44
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	29th	Marathon	2:22:01
1996	Houston Marathon	Houston, United States	1st	Marathon	2:10:34
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	—	Marathon	DNF
	Eindhoven Marathon	Eindhoven, Netherlands	1st	Marathon	2:11:26
1996	New York Marathon	New York City, United States	2nd	Marathon	2:10:09
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	—	Marathon	DNF

References

• Tumo Turbo at World Athletics
• death
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