Haimro Alame ( am, አይሜሮ አላሚያ; he, איימרו עלמיה; born 8 June 1990), also known as Haimro Almaya and Aimeru Almeya, is a runner. Born in Ethiopia, he represents Israel internationally. In the

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he took second in the

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, and in the

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, he came in third in the 5000 m. Alame was as of 2018 the Israeli record holder at

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. He qualified in the

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to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Alame was born in

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

, to a Beta Israel (Ethiopian-Jewish) family, and immigrated to

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

with his family in 2004. His track club is Hapoel Athletic Oren Hasharon.

Athlete career

Alame was as of 2019 the Israeli national record holder at

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. As of 2018 his personal bests were 10,000m: 28:09.42;

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: 13:52.76;

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: 3:47.73. He came in 1st in the Israeli national championships in the 1500m in 2014, 5000m in 2013/2014/2015/2016, and 10,000m in 2014. Alame won the 2015 Israeli Cross Country Championships (10.7km). In 2013 he set the course record in the 10000m in the Jerusalem Marathon with a time of 31:19. He won the 2017 Tel Aviv International Half Marathon, and came in 2nd in the 2018 Tiberias Half Marathon. In 2018 he came in 10th in the IAAF World Half Marathon team event. In the

Alame took second in the 5000 m behind

Hayle Ibrahimov Hayle Ibrahimov ( am, ቀዳማዊ ደስታ ሃጎስ – ''Haile Desta Hagos''; born 18 January 1990) is an Ethiopian-born Azerbaijani international middle and long distance track and field athlete, mainly competing in the disciplines of 3000 ...

. Representing

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, he came in third in the 5000m, with a time of 14:38.96 min behind Roman Prodius and Hayle Ibrahimov, and earned a

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Marathon

In the marathon Alame came in 22nd in

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in 2017. He won the 2019 Tiberias Marathon with a time of 2:15:16. As of 2020 his personal best in the marathon was 2h07:45. Alame qualified in the marathon to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He qualified after running the 2019

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in 2:11:02 hours, the third-best Israeli time ever."האצן סיים את מרתון ולנסיה עם שיא אישי בתוצאה ;איימרו עלמיה הבטיח את מקומו בטוקיו 2020"
''Israel HaYom''.

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