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Yoav Bruck

Yoav Bruck is a former Israeli swimmer who competed in 3 Summer Olympics, in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and later founded the company ISTAA Sport.

born 19723 Olympic Games for IsraelFirst Israeli Olympic swimming finalFounding ISTAA Sport

Born: 6 March 1972, Lakhish
Occupation: swimmer
Education: Auburn University

Yoav Bruck was born in 1972 in Lakhish

Yoav Bruck was born on March 6, 1972, in moshav Lakhish in the northern Negev. As a child he trained with Hapoel Bnei Shimon. At 16 he fell ill with jaundice, which threatened his young sports career.

In 1989 he set his first senior Israeli record, in the 100m freestyle, at the 13th Maccabiah. He then finished high school in Las Vegas, training under coach David Marsh. He followed Marsh to Auburn University, where he studied communications from 1991 to 1994 and won 18 All-America titles.

Bruck swam the 50m and 100m freestyle at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and also swam relays. At the 1996 Atlanta Games, his 4x100m medley relay team set a national record and became the first Israeli team to reach a swimming final. In 1994 he was the first Israeli to swim in a world championship final.

In 1999 he earned an MBA in marketing from Tel Aviv University and founded ISTAA Sport, a sports ticketing and travel company, serving as its CEO. In 2013 he was sports chairman of the Maccabiah Games.