Girmaw Amare

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Girmaw Amare
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Personal information
Native nameגירמה אמרה‎
National team Israel
CitizenshipIsraeli
Born (1987-10-26) October 26, 1987 (age 34)
West Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportRunning
Event(s)10,000 m, half marathon, marathon, and half marathon team event

Girmaw Amare (Hebrew: גירמה אמרה; born 26 October 1987) is an Ethiopian-born Israeli runner.[1] He competes in the 10,000 m, half marathon, marathon, and half marathon team event.[2] He represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Amare attended Wingate Institute.[3]

Early life[]

Amare was born in West Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia, to a family of Ethiopian-Jewish background, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 2006.

Running career[]

In August 2017 he represented Israel at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, coming in 63rd in the marathon with a time of 2:26:37.[4][5][6]

In January 2018 Amare won the 41st Sea of Galilee Tiberias International Marathon with a time of 2:15.30, the sixth-best time ever by an Israeli, and won the Israeli national championship.[7][8] In February 2018, he won the Israeli 15 km Challenge in Rishon Letzion, Israel, with a time of 44:55.[1] In March 2018 he competed at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, coming in 10th in the Men's Half Marathon Team Event and 52nd in the Men's Half Marathon with a time of 1:03:19.[2]

In February 2019, he won the Israeli 15 km Challenge in Rishon Letzion, Israel, with a time of 45:13.[1] In May 2019 Amare came in eighth in the Prague Marathon with a time of 2:09:54.[9][10]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Girmaw AMARE | Profile | iaaf.org". www.iaaf.org.
  2. ^ a b "Athletics - Girmaw Amare (Israel)". www.the-sports.org.
  3. ^ "Athletes / AMARE Girmaw". universiade2013.sportresult.com.
  4. ^ ""IAAF World Championships; ATHLETES by EVENT and SEASON BEST"" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Mixed fortunes for Israel's marathon runners". Times of Israel.
  6. ^ "MINENKO CARRYING ISRAEL’S HOPES IN TRIPLE-JUMP FINAL," The Jerusalem Post.
  7. ^ "Drama abounds in all aspects of Tiberias Marathon - Israel News". The Jerusalem Post.
  8. ^ "TEFERI SETS ISRAELI MARATHON RECORD AT EUROS, CHEMTAI LOSES MEDAL," The Jerusalem Post.
  9. ^ "European Athletics - Athlete: Girmaw Amare". european-athletics.
  10. ^ "SALPETER SMASHES PRAGUE MARATHON COURSE RECORD WITH 2:19:46," IAAF.org.

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