Dov Nisman

Dov Nisman was born in 1954 in Upper Galilee

Dov Nisman was born on July 22, 1954, and grew up on Kibbutz Ein Dor. He trained with the Hapoel HaAmakim swimming team and later with Hapoel Emek Yizre'el, under coaches Aharon Bone and Noah Ram.

In the early 1970s he won several Israeli championship titles in medley, backstroke and freestyle events. He set Israeli records in the 200 meter backstroke in 1974 and in the 200 meter individual medley in 1975.

In 1975 he trained under coach Ron Ballatore at Pasadena Junior College. At the 1976 Montreal Olympics he swam the 400 meter individual medley and placed 27th overall in 4:47.13.

He later swam for Youngstown State University and placed 5th in the 200 yard butterfly at the 1979 NCAA Division II championships. He then owned Applied Laser Technologies in Cleveland, Ohio, and later moved back to Israel.

As a masters swimmer he won 2 gold and 2 silver medals at the 2015 world championships in Kazan, and 6 gold medals at the 2019 world masters championships.