Uri Bergman

Olympic medal record
Swimming (Paralympics)
1976 Toronto 100m breaststroke
1976 Toronto 100m butterfly
1976 Toronto 100m freestyle
1976 Toronto 3x50m individual medley
1976 Toronto 4x100m medley relay
1976 Toronto 4x50 freestyle relay
1980 Arnhem 100m butterfly
1980 Arnhem 100m freestyle
1980 Arnhem 4x50m individual medley
1984 New York 100m freestyle
1988 Seoul 100m freestyle
1984 New York 100m butterfly

Uri Bergman (Hebrew: אורי ברגמן‎‎) is an Israeli paralympic swimming champion.

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 12 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 was introduced into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

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