Uri Bergman

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Uri Bergman
Bergman in 2014
Personal information
Born1953 (age 70–71)
Givat Brenner, Israel
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 12 1 2
Representing  Israel
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto 100m breaststroke 6[1]
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto 100m butterfly 6[2]
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto 100m freestyle 6[3]
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto 3x50m individual medley[4]
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto 4x100m medley relay[5]
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto 4x50 freestyle relay[6]
Gold medal – first place 1980 Arnhem 100m butterfly 6[7]
Gold medal – first place 1980 Arnhem 100m freestyle 6[8]
Gold medal – first place 1980 Arnhem 4x50m individual medley[9]
Gold medal – first place 1980 Arnhem 4x50m freestyle relay[10]
Gold medal – first place 1984 New York 100m freestyle 6[11]
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 100m freestyle 6[12]
Silver medal – second place 1984 New York 4X50 relay[13]
Bronze medal – third place 1984 New York 100m butterfly 6[14]
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul 4X100 relay[15]

Uri Bergman (

paralympic swimming champion. He competed at the 1976, 1980, and 1984, and 1988 Summer Paralympics.[16]

Life

Bergman was born in 1953 in

Israel Sports Center for the Disabled. Throughout the years he won 15 medals at the Paralympic Games
.

Bergman was certified as a swimming instructor, social worker and as a

Maccabiah
's water polo teams in 1993. He was also head coach for Israeli swimmers attending the Paralympic Games, in some of which he was also a referee.

Bergman is active with the Israeli Paralympic Committee. In 2000, he received the John K. Williams, Jr. International Adapted Aquatics Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[17][18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Swimming - Mens 100 M Breaststroke 6". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Swimming - Mens 100 M Butterfly 6". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Swimming - Mens 100 M Freestyle 6". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Swimming - Mens 3X50 M Individual Medley 6". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Swimming - Mens 4X100 M Medley Relay Open". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Swimming - Mens 4X50 M Freestyle Relay 2 6". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Results Archive - Arnhem 1980 - Swimming - Mens 100 M Butterfly 6". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Results Archive - Arnhem 1980 - Swimming - Mens 100 M Freestyle 6". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Results Archive - Arnhem 1980 - Swimming - Mens 4X50 M Individual Medley 6". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Results Archive - Arnhem 1980 - Swimming - Mens 4X50 M Freestyle Relay 2 6". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Results Archive - Stoke Mandeville New York 1984 - Swimming - Mens 100 M Freestyle 6". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Results Archive - Seoul 1988 - Swimming - Mens 100 M Freestyle 6". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  13. ^ אברהם תשובה, אוצר המדליות של הנכים עלה ל-24, מעריב, 19 ביולי 1984. (in Hebrew)
  14. ^ "Results Archive - Stoke Mandeville New York 1984 - Swimming - Mens 100 M Butterfly 6". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  15. ^ תוצאות שחייני נבחרות ישראל באולימפיאדות 2000-1960, במים כולם שווים: סיפורה של מרגלית - סיפור שחיית הנכים בישראל, ע' 119 (in Hebrew)
  16. ^ "Uri Bergman - Swimming | Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  17. ^ "John K. Williams, Jr. International Adapted Aquatics Award". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame.
  18. ^ "John K. Williams, Jr. International Adapted Aquatics Award: 2000 URI BERGMAN". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021.
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