Haimro Alame

Haimro Alame (also known as Haimro Almaya and Aimeru Almeya; איימרו עלמיה; born June 8, 1990)[3][4][5] is an Ethiopian-born Israeli runner. In the 2014 European Team Championships he took second in the 5000 metres, and in the 2015 European Games in Baku, he came in third in the 5000 m. Alame was as of 2018 the Israeli record holder at 10,000 metres. He qualified in the marathon to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Haimro Alame
Personal information
Birth nameHaimro Almaya; Aimeru Almeya
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1990-06-08) June 8, 1990
People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight55 kg (121 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Israel
SportRunning
Event(s)10,000 metres, Half marathon, Marathon
ClubHapoel Athletic Oren Hasharon[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)

Early life

Alame was born in Ethiopia, to a Beta Israel (Ethiopian-Jewish) family, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 2004.[3] His track club is Hapoel Athletic Oren Hasharon.[2]

Athlete career

Alame was as of 2019 the Israeli national record holder at 10,000m.[6][3][7] As of 2018 his personal bests were 10,000m: 28:09.42; 5000m: 13:52.76; 1500m: 3:47.73.[3][8]

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.[9][3][10] Alame won the 2015 Israeli Cross Country Championships (10.7km).[10] 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.[10][3] In 2018 he came in 10th in the IAAF World Half Marathon team event.[11]

In the 2014 European Team Championships Alame took second in the 5000 m behind Hayle Ibrahimov. Representing Israel at the 2015 European Games in Baku, he came in third in the 5000m, with a time of 14:38.96 min behind Roman Prodius and Hayle Ibrahimov, and earned a bronze medal.[12]

Marathon

In the marathon Alame came in 22nd in Rotterdam in 2017.[3] He won the 2019 Tiberias Marathon with a time of 2:15:16.[13] As of 2020 his personal best in the marathon was 2h07:45.[9]

Alame qualified in the marathon to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[14][15][16] He qualified after running the 2019 Valencia Marathon in 2:11:02 hours, the third-best Israeli time ever.[17][18][19]

References
  1. "Athletics - Haimro Almaya (Israel)". www.the-sports.org.
  2. "שיא אישי חדש לאיימרו עלמיה, שקבע את הקריטריון לטוקיו". ספורט 1. December 1, 2019.
  3. ""IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships 2018 • Biographical Start List • Men"" (PDF).
  4. ""European 10,000m Cup 2019, London/GBR"" (PDF).
  5. "European Athletics Statistics Yearbook 2020".
  6. ""European Athletics Championships 2018"" (PDF).
  7. "National Lists of Israel (Men)". www.apulanta.fi.
  8. "Night of 10,000m PBs: men ready to produce fireworks". May 16, 2018.
  9. "Haimro ALMAYA | Profile". www.worldathletics.org.
  10. "ARRS - Runner: Aimeru Almeya". more.arrs.run.
  11. "Athletics: IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2018 - Results Men". the-sports.org.
  12. "Juegos Europeos Bakú 2015 - Atletismo - Historia Deportiva". www.historiadeportiva.com.
  13. "Almaya in for World Champs". The Jewish Chronicle.
  14. "מרתון: איימרו עלמיה השיג את הקריטריון לטוקיו". ynet. December 1, 2019.
  15. "These Israeli athletes have qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics". From the Grapevine.
  16. "Olympic dreams of 52 promising Israeli athletes put on hold". WIN.
  17. "נציג נוסף לישראל במרתון: איימרו עלמיה קבע את הקריטריון האולימפי לטוקיו". Haaretz הארץ.
  18. "איימרו עלמיה קבע את הקריטריון לטוקיו 2020", One.
  19. "האצן סיים את מרתון ולנסיה עם שיא אישי בתוצאה ;איימרו עלמיה הבטיח את מקומו בטוקיו 2020", Israel HaYom.
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