Shachar Sagiv

Shachar Sagiv was born in 1994 in Zichron Yaakov

Shachar Sagiv was born on 11 October 1994 and grew up in Zichron Yaakov. His father, Shemi Sagiv, ran the marathon for Israel at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and later became a chiropractor. His brother Ran Sagiv is also an Olympic triathlete.

He ran his first triathlon at age 8, encouraged by his father. As a teenager he moved to the Wingate Institute in Netanya, where he trained and studied at Hof HaSharon High School. During his IDF service he was in a unit that let him keep training and competing.

Sagiv won the Israeli championship in 2015 and 2016 and took bronze at the 2016 U23 European Championships in Burgas. At the Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021, he finished 20th. In 2023 he won silver at the European Games in Kraków, one second behind the winner.

In October 2022 he became the first Israeli athlete to compete in Saudi Arabia. He finished 37th at the 2024 Paris Olympics. In 2025 he won a World Cup race in Huatulco, Mexico, and silver at the European sprint championships.