Uri Bergman

Uri Bergman, 2014

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; born 1953) 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.

See also[]

• Athletes with most gold medals in one event at the Paralympic Games

External links[]

• Uri Bergman at Paralympic.org
• Uri Bergman at International Swimming Hall of Fame