Amit Tamir

Amit Tamir was born in 1979 in Jerusalem

Amit Yosef Tamir was born in Jerusalem to Asher and Shula Tamir. He has two older sisters and a younger brother. He attended Ort High School in Jerusalem and served three years in the Israeli army.

He played in the youth department of Hapoel Jerusalem and joined its senior team in 1998, staying until 2001. He then played college basketball at the University of California, Berkeley, where he majored in American studies. In 2003 he was named to the first team All-Pac-10.

He entered the 2004 NBA draft but was not selected. He played in Greece for PAOK and AEK Athens, in Israel for Maccabi Givat Shmuel, and in Belgium for Charleroi. In 2007 he joined Hapoel Holon and won the Israeli league championship with the club in 2008.

He later played for Ashkelon, APOEL Nicosia and again for Hapoel Jerusalem, and joined Ramat Gan in 2012. With the national team he played at the European Championships of 2007 and 2009. He retired in 2018.

He became an assistant coach at Maccabi Ashdod and was named its head coach in May 2020. He coached Hapoel Acre from January 2021 and Elitzur Ashkelon from July 2021, resigning in February 2022.