Asaf Bimro | |
Native Name: | אסף בימרו |
Native Name Lang: | he |
Nationality: | Israeli |
National Team: | Israel |
Citizenship: | Israeli, Ethiopian (until 1984) |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1969 |
Birth Place: | Ethiopia |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Marathon |
Event Type: | Long-distance running |
Asaf Bimro (Hebrew: אסף בימרו, born 1 January 1969) is a retired Israeli long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon. He was an Ethiopian citizen until 1984 when he emigrated to Israel. His best finishes at the European or World Championships has been a 20th place at the 2002 European Championships, an 18th place at the 2001 World Championships and a 25th place at the 2006 European Championships. He also competed at the 1995 World Championships (without finishing the race),[1] the 1997 World Championships, the 2003 World Championships, the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2005 World Championships, the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships and the 2007 World Championships.
His personal best times are 29:49.85 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in May 1992 in Tel Aviv; 1:04:47 hours in the half marathon, achieved in March 1997 in Tel Aviv; and 2:14:52 hours in the marathon, achieved at the 2003 World Championships in Paris.
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1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | - | Marathon | DNF | |
1997 | Athens, Greece | 59th | Marathon | 2:37:45 | ||
2001 | Edmonton, Canada | 20th | Marathon | 2:22:36 | ||
2003 | Paris, France | 27th | Marathon | 2:14:52 | ||
2004 | Athens, Greece | 59th | Marathon | 2:25:26 | ||
2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 25th | Marathon | 2:19:40 | |
2007 | Osaka, Japan | 40th | Marathon | 2:31:34 |