Ambesse Tolosa

Ambesse Tolosa (also: Ambesse Tolossa; * September 13, 1977 in Shewa ) is an Ethiopian marathon runner.

In 1998, he won the Hokkaido Marathon with the current course record of 2:10:13 h In the World Athletics Championships in Seville in 1999 he was ranked 13th In his other World Series appearances, he came at the 2003 World Championships in Paris / Saint- Denis and at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki on 19th place at the World Championships in Osaka in 2007 to 38th place

In 2004, he won the Paris Marathon in 2:08:56 hours and finished the marathon in the Olympic Games in Athens the 15th Place.

His most successful year was 2006 when he won the Tokyo International Women's Marathon Rock ' n ' Roll Marathon in San Diego and the Honolulu Marathon.

In 2007 he came again in Honolulu as the finish line first, but was disqualified, was found to be at a doping test morphine. The runner-up Jimmy Muindi was declared the winner, while Tolosa was fined for doping with a two- year suspension.

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