Eran Groumi

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Eran Groumi
Eran Groumi in 2016
Personal information
Full nameEran Cohen Groumi
Nationality Israel
Born (1970-06-05) 5 June 1970 (age 53)
Jerusalem, Israel
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubHapoel Jerusalem, YMCA, Maccabi Jerusalem
Coached byNoam Tzvi

Eran Cohen Groumi (Hebrew: ערן (כהן) גרומי; born June 5, 1970, in Jerusalem) is a male former backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Israel who set Israeli records in both strokes.

His nephew is Israeli Olympic swimmer Gal Cohen Groumi.[1]

Swimming career[edit]

In his early career, at 18 in May of 1989, at the Canada Cup at the Vancouver Aquatic Center, he took first place in the 100-metre backstroke with a time of 59.99. He would significantly reduce his time in later competition.[2]

Maccabiah Games[edit]

Groumi competed for Israel at the 1989 Maccabiah Games, winning the 100 m and 200 m butterfly.[3] He set the Israeli record in the 200 m butterfly with his time of 2:04.8.[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 Groumi, Guy Barnea, Yoav Bruck, and Tal Stricker, who had a time of 1:51.25.[5]

1992 Olympics[edit]

In the most publicized event of his career, Groumi competed for Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain in July. He placed 37th in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 2:07.91 in Heat 2. He was scheduled but did not start the 200 IM.[6] He also placed 28th in the 100 meter Backstroke with a time of 57.67, and 20th in the 100 meter Butterfly with a time of 55.18. He did not make the finals in any event.[7]

1996 British Swimming Championships[edit]

Despite being of Israeli nationality he competed at the ASA National British Championships (Amateur Swimming Association) in Leeds and won the 50 metres backstroke, with a time of 27.45, the 100 metres backstroke with a time of 59.16,[8] and the 100 metres butterfly with a time of 55.74 in 1996.[9][10][11]

1997 European Championships, Israeli record[edit]

Notably, Eran set a new Israeli record of 25.13 in the 50-meter butterfly, and new Israeli record of 54.48 in the 100-meter butterfly, in the 1997 European Championships, though he would improve on these times in later competition.[4]

1999 4th FINA World Short Course Championships[edit]

In the FINA World Short Course Championships in Hong Kong in April of 1999, he qualified for the semi-finals in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 53.96. In the finals, at the age of 28, he would set a new personal best with times of 24.83 in the 50 Butterfly, and 53.85 in the 100-meter butterfly.[12]

His Israeli team placed seventh in the 4x100 Metre medley relay at the 1999 FINA Worlds.[13]

In 2000 he finished third in the 50 and 100 Meter butterfly in the Israel Winter Swimming Championships, and had previously competed in both events in 1999 as well.[4]

Coaching[edit]

Eran has served as a swimming coach for H20 Plus in Kefar Schmaryahu, Israel in the Tel Aviv District.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "גל כהן גרומי (שחייה) - וואלה! אולימפיאדת טוקיו 2020". 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Swimming, The Canada Cup", The Province, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, pg. 13, 29 May 1989
  3. ^ "Jewish Post 9 August 1989 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
  4. ^ a b c "Slater, Robert, Groumi, Eran, Jews in Sports". jewsinsports.org.
  5. ^ "Records fall as Olympians shine at Maccabiah Games," The Jerusalem Post.
  6. ^ "Barcelona Olympics, 200 Backstroke, 200 Individual Medley," The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia, pg. 33, 28 July 1992
  7. ^ "Olympedia, Eran Cohen Groumi Biography". olympedia.com.
  8. ^ ""For the Record." Times, 15 July 1996, p. 38". The Times. 15 July 1996. p. 38.
  9. ^ ""For the Record." Times, 12 July 1996, p. 37". The Times. 12 July 1996. p. 37.
  10. ^ Lonsbrough, Anita, "Swallow Clinches Unique Double, Mens 100 metres Buttefly", The Daily Telegraph, London, Greater, England, pg. 41, 12 July 1996
  11. ^ "Water Sports, Swimming, ASA National Championships", The Daily Telegraph, London, England, pg. 47, 15 July 1996
  12. ^ "Swimming, World Short Course Championships", The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia, pg. 27, 2 April 1999
  13. ^ "Swimming, Eran Groumi". the-sports.org.
  14. ^ "Swimming Israel with Eran Groumi". facebook.com.org.

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