Maor Tiyouri
Tiyouri at the 2016 Olympics
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| Nationality | Israeli | ||||||||||||||||||
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13 August 1990 , Kfar Saba, Israel |
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| Height | 1.48 m (4 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 44 kg (97 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Israel
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 metres, 5000 metres, 10K run, half marathon, marathon | ||||||||||||||||||
| College team | San Francisco Dons | ||||||||||||||||||
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Maor Tiyouri (Hebrew: מאור טיורי, born 13 August 1990) is an Israeli Olympic long-distance runner, Israeli champion, and the national record holder of Israel in the 5000 metres, and a three-time Israeli national champion – in the 1,500 m and 5,000 m in 2013, and the 1500 m in 2015.
Tiyouri is a native of Kfar Saba, Israel. Her parents are Gideon and Irit Tiyouri. She attended Galili High School.
Tiyouri studied at the University of San Francisco, majoring in Exercise and Sport Science. She competed with the San Francisco Dons as a member of four consecutive WCC cross country champion teams, made two trips to the NCAA Cross Country Championships with the team, and made two 10,000-meter semifinal appearances. She graduated in 2014.
In 2011 Tiyouri was the top runner at the West Coast Conference Individual Championship with a time of 35:16.57 in the 10,000 m, and in 2012 she won the West Coast Invitational 10,000 m. In 2013, she came in third in the 1500 m with a time of 4:31.91 at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational and second in the 5000 m at the West Coast Invitational 11 May with a time of 16:30.35, and in 2014 she came in second in the 3000 m at the Cal Opener with a time of 9:40.32. She was First Team All-West Coast Conference in 2010, 2011, and 2013, and All-West Coast Conference Honorable Mention in 2013. In 2013, she received the Breakthrough Performance Award at University of San Francisco.
She became the second Olympian, following Haley Nemra who represented the Marshall Islands in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games in the women's 800 meters, to come out of the university's track & field team coached by Helen Lehman-Winters. Tiyouri was one of three University of San Francisco alumni to compete in the 2016 Olympics, joined by basketball player John Cox and synchronized swimmer Mariya Koroleva.
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