Bolota Asmerom (born 12 October 1978)[1] is a long-distance runner who competed for Eritrea before gaining a US visa in 2002.
Bolota has a brother, Yonathan, who was also on The University of California Track and Field Team.
In 2000, while studying at the University of California[2] he represent Eritrea at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he entered the 5000 metres where he finished 16th in his heat so didn't qualify for the final.
[5] Asmerom went to McAteer high school in San Francisco, graduated from UC Berkeley, and now lives in Oakland, CA.
Asmerom spent one semester studying counseling psychology at the University of San Francisco.