title: Girmaw Amare
text: # Girmaw Amare
  
  Girmaw Amare (Hebrew: גירמה אמרה; born 26 October 1987) is an Ethiopian-born Israeli runner. He competes in the 10,000 m, half marathon, marathon, and half marathon team event. He represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
  
  Amare attended Wingate Institute.
  
  ## 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.
  
  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.
  
  