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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 (Hebrew: אורי ברגמן; born 1953) is an Israeli paralympic swimming champion. He competed at the 1976, 1980, and 1984, and 1988 Summer Paralympics.[16]

Life

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Bergman was born in 1953 in Kibbutz Givat Brenner and contracted polio as a young baby. In his youth he was active in the Kibbutz's water polo team, and later joining the 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 psychotherapist. He also completed a PhD in psychological rehabilitation and social work. Bergman was hired as coordinator for swimming and hydrotherapy at Wingate College and as a swimming coach at the Sports Center for the Disabled. He also coached Hapoel's water polo team and the 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

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References

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  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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