Ageze Guadie

Early and personal life Born in Ethiopia, he is an Ethiopian Jew (Beta Israel) and is the seventh of nine children in his family. He made aliya and moved to Israel with his family at age 13, in 2002. He began to consider running a marathon for the first time, saying "I felt that if I did 21 kilometers in 1:07, I had the second half in my legs. Your gut tells you that you can do it. Go for it. I had faith and courage; it came from the heart." He came in 27th. At the Seville Marathon in Spain in February 2020, he set his personal best with a time of 2:12:06. During that race, he also set a new personal best in half marathon (1:05:23).

Personal bests 10,000 m - 29:55.63 (2018) Half Marathon - 1:05:23 (2020) Marathon - 2:12:06 (2020)