# Girma Tolla

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{{short description|Ethiopian long-distance runner}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2020}}
'''Girma Tolla''' (born 13 October 1975) is an Ethiopian [long-distance runner](/source/long-distance_runner), who specializes in the [marathon race](/source/marathon_race), having previously concentrated on the [10,000 metres](/source/10%2C000_metres).

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{ETH}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
|[World Cross Country Championships](/source/1999_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships)
|[Belfast](/source/Belfast), Northern Ireland
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|Team
|
|-
|[World Championships](/source/1999_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Seville](/source/Seville), Spain
|4th
|10,000 m
|28:02.08
|-
|2000
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics)
|[Sydney](/source/Sydney), Australia
|11th
|10,000 m
|27:49.75
|-
|2004
|[Enschede Marathon](/source/Enschede_Marathon) 
|[Enschede](/source/Enschede), Netherlands
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Marathon
|2:10:33
|}

===Personal bests===
*[3000 metres](/source/3000_metres) - 7:42.98 min (1999)
*[5000 metres](/source/5000_metres) - 13:15.72 min (1998)
*[10,000 metres](/source/10%2C000_metres) - 27:13.48 min (1999)
*[Half marathon](/source/Half_marathon) - 1:02:06 hrs (2003)
*[Marathon](/source/Marathon) - 2:10:33 hrs (2004)

==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/girma-tolla-1.html |title=Girma Tolla |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206062852/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/girma-tolla-1.html |archive-date=2013-12-06 |url-status=dead}}

{{Footer Enschede Marathon Champions Men}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tolla, Girma}}
Category:1975 births
Category:Living people
Category:Ethiopian men long-distance runners
Category:Ethiopian men marathon runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Ethiopia
Category:Ethiopian men cross country runners
Category:20th-century Ethiopian people
Category:21st-century Ethiopian sportsmen
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