Yoram Kochavy יורם כוכבי; born November 19, 1962) is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer.

Early life and education

Kochavy was born in Israel, and is Jewish."Korchavy, Yoram"
/ref> In 1981 he attended the

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, and competed for the university in swimming. He attended

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, where he obtained a

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and Psychology in 1986, and a

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in Computer Science in 1987.

Swimming career

At the

1981 Maccabiah Games The 11th Maccabiah Games brought 3,450 athletes to Israel from 35 nations. The Opening Ceremony was held on July 7, 1981, before a crowd of 53,000 and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in Ramat Gan Stadium, with 3,500 Jewish athletes parading ...

, Kochavy won a

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and two

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s. When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5-7.5 (172 cm) tall and weighed 148 lbs (67 kg). Kochavy competed for

Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 32 competitors, 24 men and 8 women, took part in 46 ...

in Los Angeles, California, in swimming at the age of 21. Swimming in the Men's 400 metre Individual Medley he came in 16th with times of 4:35.70 in Round One and 4:40.00 in the B Final, competing in the Men's 200 metre Butterfly he came in 22nd with a time of 2:04.08, and swimming in the Men's 200 metre Individual Medley he came in 27th with a time of 2:11.81. At the 1985 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, swimming for University of Denver, Kochavy won

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s in both the 200 (in 1:54.04) and 400 yard (in 4:02.63) Individual Medleys and the 200 yard Butterfly, and was the NAIA High Point Award Winner."Denver's All-Americans"
University of Denver"Men's Swimming and Diving Championship Records"
/ref> His three titles that year still stand as a tie for the existing NAIA record for most individual swimming titles in a year. That year he also set the record of the university in the 200 individual medley, which still stands, of 1:54.05, and set a record in the 400 individual medley which stood until 2001. At the 1986 NAIA Championships, he again won the 200 yard Individual Medley (in 1:55.09).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kochavy, Yoram Living people Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics 1962 births Jewish swimmers Israeli male swimmers University of Denver alumni University of Georgia alumni Competitors at the 1981 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games medalists in swimming Maccabiah Games silver medalists for Israel Maccabiah Games bronze medalists for Israel Olympic swimmers of Israel