Yoram Kochavy

Kochavy was born in Israel, and is Jewish.[2] In 1981 he attended the University of Georgia, and competed for the university in swimming.[3][4] He attended University of Denver, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Psychology in 1986, and a Master of Science in Computer Science in 1987.[5][6][7]

At the 1981 Maccabiah Games, Kochavy won a silver medal and two bronze medals.[5]

When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5-7.5 (172 cm) tall and weighed 148 lbs (67 kg).[1]

Kochavy competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, in swimming at the age of 21.[1] 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.[1]

At the 1985 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, swimming for University of Denver, 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.[5][8][9] His three titles that year still stand as a tie for the existing NAIA record for most individual swimming titles in a year.[10] 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.[2][8] At the 1986 NAIA Championships, he again won the 200 yard Individual Medley (in 1:55.09).[9][11]