Yoav Gath

Yoav Gath
Personal information
Full name Yoav Gath
National team  Israel
Born (1980-11-08) November 8, 1980
Haifa, Israel
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
College team University of Georgia (U.S.)

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]

At the 2005 Maccabiah Games, he won a gold medal in the 100 m backstroke.[3]

References

  1. Gath's entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2012-03-29.
  2. 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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