Tumo Turbo (February 23, 1970 in Sidama province – October 29, 2008) was an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who won the inaugural Prague Marathon in 1995 in 2:12:44 and the Eindhoven Marathon in 1996, clocking a time of 2:11:26. Only 3 weeks later afgter winning the Eindhoven Marathon, he came in second place in the 1996 New York Marathon in 2:10:09, finishing 15 seconds behind champion Giacomo Leone.
Turbo represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics, alongside Abebe Mekonnen and Belayneh Dinsamo, but did not finish the race. He held the course record of 2:14:56 in the 1992 Tel Aviv Marathon until 2014.
At just 38 years of age, he died on October 29, 2008, in a fatal bus accident which occurred on the Addis Ababa-Awassa road and killed another 18 people.
Achievements Representing 1995Prague Marathon Prague, Czech Republic 1stMarathon2:12:44World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden29thMarathon2:22:01 1996Houston MarathonHouston, United States 1stMarathon2:10:34Olympic Games Atlanta, United States—MarathonDNF Eindhoven Marathon Eindhoven, Netherlands 1stMarathon2:11:261996New York MarathonNew York City, United States 2ndMarathon2:10:091997World Championships Athens, Greece—MarathonDNF
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Death Turbo Tumo Died... Interesting Marathon Runner from the mid 1990s