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Gal Cohen Groumi

Gal Cohen Groumi is an Israeli swimmer who competed for Israel at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Born: 22 April 2002, Hod HaSharon
Occupation: swimmer
Education: University of Michigan

Gal Cohen Groumi was born in 2002 in Hod HaSharon

Gal Cohen Groumi was born on 22 April 2002 in Hod HaSharon. His uncle is the former Olympic swimmer Eran Groumi. As a child he did judo and capoeira along with swimming, and he later chose swimming.

He went to high school at Mosenson in Hod HaSharon and trained with Hapoel Hod HaSharon. From 2021 he swam for the University of Michigan on a scholarship, studying mathematics and statistics.

As a junior he won relay medals at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival and a relay gold at the 2018 European Junior Championships. In 2019 he won an individual bronze in the 200 m individual medley at the European Junior Championships.

At the Tokyo Olympics his 4 × 100 m medley relay team set an Israeli record. He won several Big Ten titles for Michigan and was named Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships in 2024. That year he won gold in the mixed medley relay at the European Championships and swam at the Paris Olympics.

Gal Cohen Groumi's life in 7 milestones

2002
Born in Hod HaSharon.
2017
Won 2 relay silver medals at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Győr.
2018
Won relay gold at the European Junior Championships in Helsinki.
2019
Won bronze in the 200 m individual medley at the European Junior Championships in Kazan.
2021
Swam at the Tokyo Olympics and began swimming for the University of Michigan.
2022
Won gold in the 100 m butterfly at the Maccabiah Games.
2024
Won European gold in the mixed medley relay and competed at the Paris Olympics.