Ageze Guadie

Ageze Guadie (Hebrew: גואדה אגזה; born September 11, 1989) is an Ethiopian-born Israeli Olympic marathon runner.

[2][4] His mother initially did not want him to compete in running, as she felt it was a difficult sport and she thought he would be too skinny.

[2] In 2012, he signed up for physical education studies at the Wingate Institute in Netanya, and trained with Israeli Olympic marathon runner Zohar Zimro.

[2] In December 2015 he came in third with a time of 67:04 in the Israeli championships in the half marathon in Beit She'an, behind Marhu Teferi and Berihun Weve.

[2][6] 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.