Yoav Bruck ( he, יואב ברוק; born March 6, 1972, in
Lakhish) is a former
swimmer
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from
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, who competed in three
Summer Olympics
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for his native country, starting in
1992
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.
Bruck is Jewish. He finished 32nd in the 50m freestyle (23.72) and 31st in the
100m freestyle (51.46) in the 1992 Summer Olympics in
Barcelona
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.
At the
1997 Maccabiah Games, he won gold medals in the 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter freestyle.
In 2013 Bruck served as the Sports Chairman for the
2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
At the
2017 Maccabiah Games, in the special 4x50m relay race between Israeli and American all-star teams, American Olympic champions
Lenny Krayzelburg
Lenny Krayzelburg (born September 28, 1975, as Leonid Krayzelburg; uk, Леонід Крайзельбург, russian: link=no, Леони́д Кра́йзельбург) is an American former backstroke swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and form ...
(four Olympic golds),
Jason Lezak
Jason Edward Lezak (born November 12, 1975) is an American former competitive swimmer and swimming executive. As a swimmer, Lezak specialized in the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle races. His pro career lasted for nearly fifteen years, spannin ...
(four Olympic golds), and
Anthony Ervin
Anthony Lee Ervin (born May 26, 1981) is an American competition swimmer who has won four Olympic medals and two World Championship golds. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the men's 50-meter freestyle, and earned a silver med ...
(three Olympic golds), with masters swimmer Alex Blavatnik, swam a time of 1:48.23 and defeated Israeli Olympians Bruck,
Guy Barnea
Guy Marcos Barnea (; born 9 September 1987) is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won three medals at the European Championships. As of March 2016, he held the Israeli records in the long course 50m ...
,
Eran Groumi
Eran Cohen Groumi ( he, ערן (כהן) גרומי; born June 5, 1970, in Jerusalem) is a male former backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Israel.
His nephew is Israeli Olympic swimmer Gal Cohen Groumi.
Swimming career
Groumi competed for Isra ...
, and
Tal Stricker
Tal Stricker (born May 29, 1979) is a breaststroke swimmer from Israel, who competed for Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Early life
Stricker was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, and his parents are Rafi and Nava Stricker. He a ...
, who had a time of 1:51.25.
">"Records fall as Olympians shine at Maccabiah Games,"
''The Jerusalem Post''.
See also
* List of select Jewish swimmers
References
External links
*
1972 births
Living people
Auburn Tigers men's swimmers
Israeli expatriates in the United States
Israeli Jews
Israeli male swimmers
Jewish swimmers
Olympic swimmers of Israel
People from Ashkelon
Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Maccabiah Games medalists in swimming
Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel
Competitors at the 1997 Maccabiah Games
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