# Tessema Abshero

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{{Short description|Ethiopian long-distance runner (born 1986)}}
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'''Tessema Abshero''' ({{Langx|am|ተሠማ አብሸር}}; born 9 December 1986) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.

He finished tenth in the 5000 metres at the [2002 African Championships](/source/2002_African_Championships_in_Athletics). At the [2003 World Cross Country Championships](/source/2003_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships) he finished twelfth in the short race, while the Ethiopian team, of which Absher was a part, won the silver medal in the team competition.

He set a [marathon](/source/marathon) best of 2:08:26 at the [Hamburg Marathon](/source/Hamburg_Marathon) in 2008 and also took part in the 2009 [London Marathon](/source/London_Marathon).

He inspired his younger brother, [Ayele Abshero](/source/Ayele_Abshero), to run and Ayele became world junior champion in cross country in 2009.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Powell |first1=David |date=29 March 2009 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/WXC09/news/newsid=49990.html |title=With brother and Gebrselassie as inspiration, Abshero rises in the ranks |publisher=[IAAF](/source/IAAF) |access-date=11 January 2011 |archive-date=31 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331180958/http://www.iaaf.org/WXC09/news/newsid=49990.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Personal bests ==
* [3000 metres](/source/3000_metres) – 7:44.21 (2005)
* [5000 metres](/source/5000_metres) – 13:23.08 (2005)
* [10,000 metres](/source/10%2C000_metres) – 28:22.68 (2006)
* [Half marathon](/source/Half_marathon) – 1:02:57 (2006)
* [Marathon](/source/Marathon) – 2:08:26 (2008)

== References ==
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== External links ==
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Category:1986 births
Category:Athletes from Addis Ababa
Category:Living people
Category:Ethiopian men long-distance runners
Category:Ethiopian men cross country runners
Category:21st-century Ethiopian sportsmen
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