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Yair Karni
Yair Karni is an Israeli former runner and national champion in middle and long distance events, who won the Israeli marathon championship 7 times and is now an athletics coach.
born 1951Israeli marathon record for 13 years7 Israeli marathon championshipsIsraeli middle and long distance titlesCoaching athletics
- Born
- 17 May 1951
- Occupation
- athletics competitor, track and field coach
Yair Karni was born in 1951
Yair Karni was born on May 17, 1951, and grew up on Kibbutz HaOgen. He began training as a runner at 17, ahead of his army service.
He joined the army in 1969 and did basic training in the Golani Brigade. He then served in the brigade's reconnaissance unit and was released in 1972.
Karni won Israeli titles in the 800 meters, the steeplechase, cross country and the half marathon, and set several national records. At the Maccabiah Games he won medals in 1973, 1977 and 1981. In 1981 he set an Israeli marathon record of 2:17:34 at the Tiberias Marathon, which stood for about 13 years.
In 1981 he became president and chairman of the newly founded Israel Runners Association. He ran the marathon at the first World Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 1983 but did not finish. Today he works as an athletics coach and nutritionist.
Yair Karni's life in 8 milestones
- 1969
Enlisted and trained in the Golani Brigade.
- 1973
Won the Israeli title in the 800 meters.
- 1975
Set an Israeli record in the 3000 meters steeplechase.
- 1977
Ran the first marathon held in Israel, in Tiberias.
- 1978
Won the Israeli cross country title and ran the New York Marathon.
- 1981
Set an Israeli marathon record of 2:17:34 in Tiberias.
- 1981
Became president of the Israel Runners Association.
- 1983
Ran the marathon at the first World Athletics Championships.
Yair Karni served in Golani Brigade
Karni enlisted in 1969 and trained in the Golani Brigade, then served in its reconnaissance unit as a fighter and squad commander until 1972.
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