Tamiru Demisse

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Tamiru Demisse
Sport
CountryEthiopia
Sport Para-athletics
DisabilityVision impairment
Disability class T13
Event
Sprinting
Medal record
Summer Paralympics
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 1500 m T13

Tamiru Demisse is a visually impaired Ethiopian Paralympic athlete. [1] He represented Ethiopia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's 1500 metres T13 event. [1] [2] [3] In this event, all three runners finished with a faster time than Matthew Centrowitz Jr., the winner of the men's 1500 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, who finished with a time of 3:50.00. [3]

He was also one of the flag bearers during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

References

  1. 1 2 "Tamiru Demisse". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. ↑ Rossingh, Danielle (13 September 2016). "Rio Paralympics: Four Paralympians beat Olympic 1,500m winner". CNN. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 de Menezes, Jack (13 September 2016). "Paralympics 2016: Four 1500m runners finish faster than Rio Olympics gold medal winning time" . Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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