Maor Tiyouri

Maor Tiyouri was born in 1990 in Kfar Saba

Tiyouri was born on 13 August 1990 in Kfar Saba. Her father Gideon was a long-distance runner, and her mother Irit works at Tel Aviv University. She has 2 younger brothers and went to Galili High School.

She trained at the Oren HaSharon athletics club as a young runner. After her military service she studied on a scholarship at the University of San Francisco. She majored in exercise and sport science and graduated in 2014.

She won 6 Israeli national titles over distances from 1500 m to 10,000 m. In 2015 she set an Israeli record in the 5000 m with 16:08.83. That year she placed second twice at the European Games.

Her first marathon, in Ottawa in 2016, earned her a place at the Rio Olympics. She also ran the marathon at the 2017 World Championships in London. Injuries kept her from running for almost 2 years between 2018 and 2020.

She later competed at the 2020 Olympics and placed 49th in the marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She lived and trained in Boulder, Colorado, until summer 2024, then moved back to Kfar Saba.