# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shura-kitata-tola
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:09:26.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shura-kitata-tola"
name: "Shura Kitata Tola"
slug: "shura-kitata-tola"
description: "Shura Kitata Tola is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and half-marathon. He has raced in several World Marathon Majors, including the 2020 London Marathon, where he won the race in a time of 2:05:41, beating Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge, and the 2018 London Marathon where he finished in second place behind him. His other best performances include the 2017 Rome Marathon and 2017 Frankfurt Marathon victories and second places at the 2018 and 2022 New York City Marathon."
tagline: "Ethiopian marathon runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tola_Shura_Kitata_London_Marathon_2018.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1996-06-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.209432000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/shurakitata"
    handle:    "shurakitata"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/officialshurakitata/"
    handle:    "officialshurakitata"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Shura-Kitata-100630015154895"
    handle:    "Shura-Kitata-100630015154895"
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shura_Kitata"
    title: "Shura Kitata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shura_Kitata"
    title: "Shura Kitata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shura_Kitata"
    title: "Shura Kitata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shura_Kitata"
    title: "Shura Kitata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shura_Kitata"
    title: "Shura Kitata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shura_Kitata"
    title: "Shura Kitata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Шура Китата"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "சூரா கிடாடா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42399318"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump