Girmaw Amare

Girmaw Amare (גירמה אמרה; born 26 October 1987) is an Israeli runner. He competes in the 10,000 m, half marathon, marathon, and half marathon team event. He will represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Amare attended Wingate Institute.
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.
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. In February 2018, he won the Israeli 15 km Challenge in Rishon Letzion, Israel, with a time of 44:55. 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.
In February 2019, he won the Israeli 15 km Challenge in Rishon Letzion, Israel, with a time of 45:13. In May 2019 Amare came in eighth in the Prague Marathon with a time of 2:09:54.