Amanal Petros

Amanal Petros (born 17 May 1995) is an Eritrean-born German long-distance runner and , the national record holder in the half marathon with a time of 59:31, set at the 2025 Berlin Half Marathon. He also currently holds the marathon national record of 2:04:03.

Early life Petros was born in Eritrea's port city of Assab. He escaped with his mother and sisters to Ethiopia at the age of 2 during the Border War with Ethiopia. In January 2012, he went to Germany by himself as a refugee. He attained German citizenship in 2015.

Career

He won the bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres at the 2015 German Athletics Championships held in Nuremberg, Germany. In 2017, he won the silver medal in the men's 10,000 metres at the European Athletics U23 Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He also competed in the men's 5000 metres event where he finished in 4th place.

In July 2019, he competed in the men's event at the European 10,000m Cup held in London, United Kingdom. A few months later, he won the men's half marathon at the Cologne Marathon in Cologne, Germany. In the same year, he also won the silver medal in the men's 5000 metres and men's 10,000 metres at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China. In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland. In 2025 he set the German National Record in the Marathon distance at the Valencia Marathon with a time of 2:04:03.

At the 2026 European Championships in Birmingham, England, he won the gold medal in the marathon in a new championship record time of 2:09:11.

International competitions