DEMISSE Tamiru

Date of Birth: 7 Oct 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T13

Birth Country:

Ethiopia

Place of residence : SULUTU

Residence Country:

Ethiopia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 1500m - T13	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 1500m - T13 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
2	1500m - T13	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	3:48.49
DNS	400m - T13	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	DNS
World Championships
DNS	Men's 800m T13	2015	Doha, QAT	DNS

Listening to music. (Athlete, 27 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Amharic, English, Portuguese

Oromia Water Works Athletics Club [Sulutu, ETH]

He began Para athletics after a teacher invited him to try it out. His mother was reluctant to let him participate in the sport at first. "She was very scared, she said it was not good for me and she did not want me running." (behance.net, 20 Nov 2018; uol.com.br, 20 Aug 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (uol.com.br, 20 Aug 2019)

He trains for more than 10 hours a week. (Athlete, 27 Aug 2021)

Winning silver in T13 1500m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 27 Aug 2021)

Ethiopian long-distance runners Kenenisa Bekele and Abebe Bikila. (Athlete, 27 Aug 2021)

Coach Awol Hussem. (Athlete, 27 Aug 2021)

He was Ethiopia's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (myinfo.rio2016.com, 06 Sep 2016)

General Interest

Classification
F13, T13 (IPC, 16 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 07 Sep 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (behance.net, 20 Nov 2018)

Impairment Details
He started losing his vision at age 10. His family sought medical help, but no diagnosis was made. "To this day I don't know what made me lose my eyesight. I've had some treatments, but none of them helped much." (Athlete, 07 Sep 2016; behance.net, 20 Nov 2018)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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