Tessema Abshero

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Tessema Abshero (born 9 December 1986) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He finished 10th in the 5000 metres at the 2002 African Championships. In 2003, he came 12th in the short cross country race at the World Cross Country Championships, and the Ethiopian team won the silver medal in the team competition. He set his marathon best of 2:08:26 at the Hamburg Marathon in 2008 and also ran in the 2009 London Marathon. He inspired his younger brother, Ayele Abshero, who later became the world junior cross country champion in 2009.