Namesakes
Olympic Medalists:
3 bronze, 1 bronze/gold
(bronze) Tesfaye Tola 2000 marathon 
(bronze/gold) Meseret Defar (a.k.a. Tola) 2004; 2008; 2012 5000 m
(bronze) Maryam Yusuf Jamal (a.k.a. Tola) 2012 1500 m
(bronze) Tamirat Tola 2016 10000 m