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| Full name | Tesfaye Eticha |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Born | 27 June 1974 Waliso |
Tesfaye Eticha (born 27 June 1974) is a male long-distance runner from Switzerland (formerly Ethiopia), who won the 1994 edition of Amsterdam Marathon, clocking 2:15:56 on 25 September 1994. He mainly competed in Switzerland during his career. Eticha is a seven-time winner of the Lausanne Marathon.
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