SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Former University of San Francisco women's cross country and track and field student-athlete Maor Tiyouri has qualified and will represent her home country of Israel in the women's marathon at the 2024 Pari Olympics.
 
Tiyouri, competing on the world stage for the third time, punched her ticket to Paris after finishing eighth in the NH Marathon Rotterdam on April 14. Achieving her best-ever time in the marathon, Tiyouri crossed the finish line at 2:26:39, surpassing her previous record of 2:29:04 set at the Cheshire Elite Marathon in Pulford, England, on April 25, 2021.
 
In the previous two Olympics, Tiyouri participated in the marathon at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro and 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. In Tokyo, held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tiyouri earned her best-ever finish of 48th place out of 73 competitors with a time of 2:37:52, shattering her previous Olympic best of 2:47:27 in 2016 set at Estádio Olímpico in Rio de Janeiro.
 
Tiyouri excelled with the women's cross country and track and field programs while on the Hilltop, specializing in long-distance events. On the track, she set career bests in her final season in 2014, including her first-ever sub-35 minute 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational on April 5, 2014, with a time of 34:33.46.
 
The 2024 Paris Olympics commences with the opening ceremony on July 26, and the women's marathon takes place on August 10.
 
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