Nationality Israeli Weight 148 lb (67 kg) Strokes butterfly
medley | Height 5' 7.5" (172 cm) Sport Swimming | |
Born November 19, 1962 (age 54) ( 1962-11-19 ) Israel College teams University of Georgia, University of Denver | ||
Yoram Kochavy (also "Kochavi"; יורם כוכבי; born November 19, 1962) is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer.
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Early life and education
Korchavy was born in Israel, and is Jewish. In 1981 he attended the University of Georgia, and competed for the university in swimming. He attended Denver University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Psychology in 1986, and a Master of Science in Computer Science in 1987.
Swimming career
At the 1981 Maccabiah Games, Kochavy won a silver medal and two bronze medals.
When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5-7.5 (172 cm) tall and weighed 148 lbs (67 kg).
Kochavy competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, in swimming at the age of 21. Swimming in the Men's 400 metre Individual Medley he came in 16th with times of 4:35.70 in Round One and 4:40.00 in the B Final, competing in the Men's 200 metre Butterfly he came in 22nd with a time of 2:04.08, and swimming in the Men's 200 metre Individual Medley he came in 27th with a time of 2:11.81.
At the 1985 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, swimming for Denver University, Kochavy won gold medals in both the 200 (in 1:54.04) and 400 yard (in 4:02.63) Individual Medleys and the 200 yard Butterfly, and was the NAIA High Point Award Winner. His three titles that year still stand as a tie for the existing NAIA record for most individual swimming titles in a year. That year he also set the record of the university in the 200 individual medley, which still stands, of 1:54.05, and set a record in the 400 individual medley which stood until 2001. At the 1986 NAIA Championships, he again won the 200 yard Individual Medley (in 1:55.09).