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Dov Nisman

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Dov Nisman
דב ניסמן
Personal information
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1954-07-22) July 22, 1954 (age 70)
Upper Galilee, Israel
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokes200 m butterfly
800 m freestyle
200 m and 400 m individual medley
College teamYoungstown State University

Dov Nisman (דב ניסמן; born July 22, 1954) is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer.[1]

Early life

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Nisman was born in Israel, and is Jewish.[2] He grew up on a kibbutz in the Upper Galilee in Israel.[3] He later attended Youngstown State University.[3] Subsequently, for decades he was the owner of Applied Laser Technologies, in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a resident of Beachwood, Ohio.[3]

Swimming career

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Nisman competed for Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 21.[1] In the Men's 400 metre Individual Medley he came in 6th in Heat 4 with a time of 4:47.13.[1]

Swimming for Youngstown State in 1979 at the NCAA Men's Division II Swimming and Diving Championships, he came in 5th in the 200 yard race.[4]

Representing Israel in 2015 at the 16th FINA World Masters Championships in Kazan, Russia, he won gold medals in the 200-meter and 400-meter medley, and silver medals in the 200-meter butterfly and 800-meter freestyle.[3]

Later life

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After he retired, Nisman moved back to Israel.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Dov Nisman Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. ^ "Nisman, Dov"
  3. ^ a b c d e Rosenblum, Jonah L. (August 28, 2015). "Former Beachwood swimmer strikes gold in world masters". Cleveland Jewish News.
  4. ^ "8 June 1979". Jewish Post.
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