Yoav Gath
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| Full name | Yoav Gath | ||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Israel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
November 8, 1980 Haifa, Israel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Georgia (U.S.) | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yoav Gath (Hebrew: יואב גת; born November 8, 1980)[1] is an Olympic and national-record backstroke swimmer from Israel. He swam for Israel at the 2000 Olympics.
He was the first Israeli swimmer under two minutes in the 200 back.[2] He won gold 1995, European Youth Olympics at Bath, 1996 Silver, European Junior Champs. Copenhagen, 2000 Bronze, European Champs., Helsinki, Long-course, 2001 Silver, European Champs., Antwerpen, Short-course. 2001 Fukuoka, World Champs. , 8th, Long-course. 2002 Moscow, World Champs., 6th, Short-course.
At the 2005 Maccabiah Games, he won a gold medal in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke.[3]
References
- ↑ Gath's entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2012-03-29.
- ↑ Swimming / Backstroke champion Yoav Gath considering return to action; published by Haaretz.com on 2004-12-22, retrieved 2012-03-29.
- ↑
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