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Adva Cohen (אדוה כהן; born March 24, 1996) is an Israeli runner.

Her hometown is Jerusalem, Israel.[1] She attended high school at Ort Ramot.[1]

Running career

Cohen won the Israeli national championships in the 1500 metres with 4:24.49 in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2017.[2] That year she was named the Israel Athletic Association's National Track and Field Breakthrough Athlete of the Year.[3]

She spent her freshman year of college in junior college at Iowa Central Community College, where she won six individual NJCAA titles during the 2017-18 season.[4] Cohen then transferred to the University of New Mexico as a sophomore, to compete with the New Mexico Lobos.[4]

Cohen came in fifth in the 2018 European Athletics Championships in the 3000 metres steeplechase with 9:29.74 in Berlin, Germany, in 2018.[2] She became the sixth college student to break the 9:30 time barrier.[4]

In 2019, she came in second in the New Mexico Classic in the 800 metres indoor in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a time of 2:10.10.[2] Cohen also came in third in the Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Championship in Clovis, California, in the 1500 metres with a time of 4:22.88.[2][5] She won the New Mexico Classic in Albuquerque in the mile with a time of 4:45.98, and came in second in the New Mexico Team Invitational in Albuquerque in the mile with a time of 4:47.90.[2] She came in second in the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California in the 5000 metres with a time of 15:31.01.[2] She won the 2000 metres steeplechase at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open in Albuquerque with a time of 6:36.41.[2] She won the 3000 metres steeplechase at the Israel Jump Meet in Jerusalem, Israel, with a time of 10:00.11, and came in second in it at both the Payton Jordan Invitational in Palo Alto, California, with a time of 9:45.71, and the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Sacramento, California, with a time of 9:44.41.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Adva Cohen". Iowa Central Community College.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Adva COHEN | Profile | iaaf.org". www.iaaf.org.
  3. ^ "Adva Cohen named Israel's Track & Field National Breakthrough Athlete of the Year". Iowa Central Community College. December 11, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "New Mexico Transfer Adva Cohen Runs 9:29 Steeple at Euros". www.flotrack.org.
  5. ^ "TFRRS | Adva Cohen - Track and Field Results & Statistics". www.tfrrs.org.


Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Israeli female middle-distance runners Category:European Games competitors for Israel Category:Sportspeople from Jerusalem Category:Israeli female sprinters