Yoav Bruck (Hebrew: יואב ברוק; born March 6, 1972 in Lakhish) is a former swimmer from Israel, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992.
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Born | (1972-03-06) 6 March 1972 (age 50) |
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Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Bruck is Jewish.[1] He finished 32nd in the 50m freestyle (23.72) and 31st in the 100m freestyle (51.46) in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[2]
At the 1997 Maccabiah Games, he won gold medals in the 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter freestyle.[3]
In 2013 Bruck served as the Sports Chairman for the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel.[4]
At the 2017 Maccabiah Games, in the special 4x50m relay race between Israeli and American all-star teams, American Olympic champions Lenny Krayzelburg (four Olympic golds), Jason Lezak (four Olympic golds), and Anthony Ervin (three Olympic golds), with masters swimmer Alex Blavatnik, swam a time of 1:48.23 and defeated Israeli Olympians Bruck, Guy Barnea, Eran Groumi, and Tal Stricker, who had a time of 1:51.25.[5]
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