Haimro Alame

Haimro Alame (; ; born 8 June 1990), also known as Haimro Almaya and Aimeru Almeya, is a runner. Born in Ethiopia, he represents Israel internationally. In the 2014 European Athletics Team Championships he took second in the 5000 metres, and in the 2015 European Games in Baku, he came in third in the 5000 m. Alame was as of 2018 the Israeli record holder at 10,000 metres. He represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in men's marathon.

Early life Alame was born in Ethiopia, to a Beta Israel (Ethiopian-Jewish) family, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 2004. As of 2018 his personal bests were 10,000m: 28:09.42; 5000m: 13:52.76; 1500m: 3:47.73.

Alame came in 1st in the Israeli national championships in the 1500m in 2014, 5000m in 2013/2014/2015/2016, and 10,000m in 2014. Alame won the 2015 Israeli Cross Country Championships (10.7 km).

In the 2014 European Athletics Team Championships Alame took second in the 5000 m behind Hayle Ibrahimov. Representing Israel at the 2015 European Games in Baku, he came in third in the 5000 m event, with a time of 14:38.96 min behind Roman Prodius and Hayle Ibrahimov, and earned a bronze medal.

Marathon In the marathon Alame came in 22nd in Rotterdam in 2017.

His personal best in the marathon is 2:06:04, achieved at the Valencia Marathon in December 2023.

Alame qualified to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon event, in which he came 36th with a time of 2:17:17. He qualified after running the 2019 Valencia Marathon in 2:11:02 hours, the third-best Israeli time ever.

In 2025 Alame came fourth at the European Running Championships in Brussels, with a time of 2:09:27. He also won a gold medal in the marathon team event. At the 2025 World Athletics Championships, Alame came fourth with a time of 2:10:03, less than 10 seconds behind third place.