Uri Bergman

Bergman in 2014
Personal information
Born	1953 (age 70–71) Givat Brenner, Israel
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 12 1 2 Representing  Israel Paralympic Games 1976 Toronto 100m breaststroke 6[1] 1976 Toronto 100m butterfly 6[2] 1976 Toronto 100m freestyle 6[3] 1976 Toronto 3x50m individual medley[4] 1976 Toronto 4x100m medley relay[5] 1976 Toronto 4x50 freestyle relay[6] 1980 Arnhem 100m butterfly 6[7] 1980 Arnhem 100m freestyle 6[8] 1980 Arnhem 4x50m individual medley[9] 1980 Arnhem 4x50m freestyle relay[10] 1984 New York 100m freestyle 6[11] 1988 Seoul 100m freestyle 6[12] 1984 New York 4X50 relay[13] 1984 New York 100m butterfly 6[14] 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

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]