Eran Groumi

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

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

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

Swimming career

Groumi competed for Israel at the 1989 Maccabiah Games, winning the 100 m and 200 m butterfly.[2]

Groumi who competed for Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 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.[3]

Despite being of Israeli nationality he competed at the ASA National British Championships and won the 50 metres backstroke, the 100 metres backstroke in 1996 [4] and the 100 metres butterfly title in 1996.[5]

References
  1. "גל כהן גרומי (שחייה) - וואלה! אולימפיאדת טוקיו 2020". 8 July 2021.
  2. "Jewish Post 9 August 1989 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
  3. "Records fall as Olympians shine at Maccabiah Games," The Jerusalem Post.
  4. ""For the Record." Times, 15 July 1996, p. 38". The Times. 15 July 1996. p. 38.
  5. ""For the Record." Times, 12 July 1996, p. 37". The Times. 12 July 1996. p. 37.
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