Adva Cohen

Adva Cohen (; born March 24, 1996) is an Israeli runner. As of 2019 she held the Israeli national records in the indoor mile, 3000 metres, and 5000 metres, and outdoor under-23 3000 metres steeplechase, 5000 metres, and half marathon.

Biography Adva Cohen was born in Jerusalem, Israel. Her mother, Rika, also runs. Cohen is the youngest of three children. She attended high school at Ort Ramot. She spent two years serving in the Israel Defense Forces.

Running career Cohen's first running coach was Roman Ferdman.

Cohen won the Israeli national championships in the 1500 metres with 4:24.49 in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2017. That year she was named the Israel Athletic Association's National Track and Field Breakthrough Athlete of the Year.

She spent her freshman year of college in junior college at Iowa Central Community College, where she won nine individual NJCAA titles during the 2017–18 season. She established NJCAA records in the mile (4:42.44), the 3000 m (9:29.04), and the 5000 m (16:16.50). She was the 2017 NJCAA Cross Country individual champion, the 2017 Half Marathon individual champion, the 2017 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Women's Athlete of the Year, the 2017 USTFCCCA Midwest Region Athlete of the Year, an NJCAA and a Coaches Association All-American in both the NJCAA Cross Country Championships and the Half Marathon, and set a new Israeli national record with her Half Marathon time of 1:20:25.

Cohen then transferred to the University of New Mexico as a sophomore, to compete with the New Mexico Lobos. She won the New Mexico Classic in Albuquerque in the mile with a time of 4:45.98, and came in second in the New Mexico Team Invitational in Albuquerque in the mile with a time of 4:47.90. She came in second in the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California in the 5000 metres with a time of 15:31.01. She won the 2000 metres steeplechase at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open in Albuquerque with a time of 6:36.41. She won the 3000 metres steeplechase at the Israel Jump Meet in Jerusalem, Israel, with a time of 10:00.11, and came in second in it at both the Payton Jordan Invitational in Palo Alto, California, with a time of 9:45.71, and the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Sacramento, California, with a time of 9:44.41.