| Sport | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Sport | Para-athletics |
| Disability | Vision impairment |
| Disability class | T13 |
| Event | Sprinting |
Medal record | |
Tamiru Demisse is a visually impaired Ethiopian Paralympic athlete. 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. 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.
He was also one of the flag bearers during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
References
- ^ a b "Tamiru Demisse". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ Rossingh, Danielle (13 September 2016). "Rio Paralympics: Four Paralympians beat Olympic 1,500m winner". CNN. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ a b 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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