Shura Kitata
 Tola Shura Kitata winning the men's Marathon Majors title at the 2017 Frankfurt Marathon | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Ethiopian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 June 1996 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Marathon | |||||||||||||||||
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Shura Kitata Tola or Tola Shura Kitata and also simply known as Shura Kitata (born 9 June 1996) is an Ethiopian male marathon runner. He has represented Ethiopia in several World Marathon Majors including the 2018 London Marathon where he finished on second place losing the gold medal to Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya.[1]
His memorable performances include the 2017 Rome Marathon and 2017 Frankfurt Marathon title victories, where he finished respectively with the times 2:07:30 and 2:05:50.[2][3]
Kitata Tola finished second in the 2018 New York City Marathon behind Lelisa Desisa with a time of 2:06:01.[4][5]
References
- ^ AfricaNews. "Kenya's Kipchoge beats Ethiopia's Kitata to win 2018 London Marathon | Africanews". Africanews. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "IAAF: Kitata clocks second-fastest time in Rome while Tusa retains title| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "IAAF: Cheruiyot and Kitata dominate at Frankfurt Marathon| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/sports/lelisa-desisa-wins-mens-title-at-the-2018-new-york-city-marathon-mary-keitany-wins-the-womens-race.html
- ^ https://www.nyrr.org/media-center/press-releases/lelisa-desisa-mary-keitany-daniel-romanchuk-and-manuela-schr-win-2018-tcs-new-york-city-marathon-titles
