Shem-Tov Sabag

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Shem-Tov Sabag
Personal information
Native nameשם טוב סבג
Full nameAlso Shemi Sabag, and Shemi Sagiv
NicknameShemi
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1959-04-13) April 13, 1959 (age 65)
Haifa, Israel
Alma mater
Occupation(s)chiropractor, triathlon coach
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Relative(s)Shachar Sagiv and Ran Sagiv, Olympic triathletes (sons)[1]
Sport
Country Israel
SportRunning
Racescross-country, 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres, 25K, half marathon, and marathon
College teamAugustana Vikings, University of Oregon Ducks
Achievements and titles
National finals
  • Israeli national marathon champion (1984, 1987)
Personal bests
  • Half Marathon: 1-06:13
  • Marathon: 2-18:23
Medal record
Representing  Israel
Men's marathon
Vancouver Marathon
Gold medal – first place 1989 Vancouver Individual
Tiberias Marathon
Silver medal – second place 1984 Tiberias Individual

Shem-Tov "Shemi" Sabag; later known by the surname Sagiv[1][2] (Hebrew: שם "שמי" טוב סבג; born April 13, 1959) is an Israeli former Olympic marathoner, former triathlon coach, and currently a chiropractor.[3][4] He won both the 1984 Lake County Marathon, and the 1989 Vancouver Marathon. His sons Shachar Sagiv and Ran Sagiv have both competed in the Olympics in the triathlon.[1]

Early and personal life[edit]

Sabag was born in Haifa, Israel, later lived in Zichron Yaakov and Tiberias, Israel, and is Jewish.[5][2][6][7] He started running marathons at age 17, at the urging of a high school coach, but lost three years of training as he served with a tank unit in the Israel Defense Forces.[2][8] He later changed his surname to Sagiv.[9]

His sons Shachar Sagiv and Ran Sagiv have both competed in the Olympics in the triathlon, coming in 20th and 35th, respectively, in the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021.[10][11][1] His son Shachar, whom he coached until 2021, will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the Men's triathlon at Pont Alexandre III on July 30, 2024.[12][13]

Education[edit]

He studied as a pre-med student at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1983 and 1984.[2][14] In the summer of 1983, between semesters at Augustana, he worked at Camp Interlaken, developing a running program.[7]

In the winter of 1984-85, he transferred to the University of Oregon, in Eugene, Oregon.[15] In 1986 he obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Oregon in Exercise Physiology.[16]

From 1986 to 1989 he studied Biomechanics and Gait Analysis as a graduate student at the University of Oregon, earning a Master's degree. During that time, he ran for a year for the Oregon Ducks.[16][17][18][19][20]

From 1989 to 1993 he studied at the University of Western States in Portland, Oregon, earning a Doctor of Chiropractic degree, and is now a chiropractor.[16]

Running career[edit]

1983–84; 2x All American, 2x CCIW 5,000 meter champion, CCIW cross-country champion, Lake County Marathon champion[edit]

At Augustana College, he was an All-American in cross-country in 1983 and 1984.[21][14] In 1983, he was the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) 5,000 meter champion, and won the silver medal in the CCIW Cross-Country championship, with a time of 24.49.[22][23] In November 1983, he came in 8th in the NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship in Newport News, Virginia.

In May 1984, in a season in which he was co-captain of the Augustana Vikings Track and Field team, he came in 2nd in the 10,000 meters (in 30:18.48) and 6th in the 5,000 meters, at the NCAA Division III men's outdoor track and field championships in Northfield, Minnesota.[24][21][2] He also set the record in the CCIW 5,000 meters in 1984 (while winning the title for the second straight year), with a time of 14:24.36 (still a CCIW championships record as of 2021), and that year also set the Credit Island Park four-mile course record with a time of 19:33 (as of 2009, that was still a school record in the four-mile).[25][26][27][21][28] In 1984 he won the CCIW cross-country championship, with a time of 24:52.7, after having won the silver medal in 1983, and also won the Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Indiana, with a time of 24.06.[29][21][30] He was named team MVP in both 1983 and 1984.[21]

In April 1984 he won his first marathon in his eighth race at that distance, in Chicago, Illinois, in the Lake County Marathon in 2-21:47.[14]

His personal best time in the marathon was 2-18:23, which he ran in June 1984 in Duluth, Minnesota.[3]

1984 Summer Olympics[edit]

He competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 25.[3] He had qualified with his time in his third marathon in three and a half months.[31] Running in the Men's Marathon in August 1984 he came in 60th out of 107 competitors, with a time of 2-31:34.[3][32] When he competed in the Olympics, Sabag was 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) tall and weighed 139 pounds (63 kg).[3] Speaking of the Munich Massacre, which had taken place 12 years earlier at the Olympics, he said: "As a representative of Israel, I am here to do what they tried to do. We are here to continue their job."[2]

1984–present; Israel national marathon champion, Vancouver Marathon champion[edit]

In December 1984 he won the silver medal in the Tiberias Marathon in Israel, with a time of 2:22:15, behind British marathoner Lindsay Robertson, and won the Israeli national marathon championship.[33][34][35]

In the mid-1980s, after transferring, he ran for the University of Oregon Ducks track and field team, under coach Bill Dellinger.[36]

His personal best in the half-marathon was 1-06:13, which he ran in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in September 1986.[33] Also that month, he won the New York Road Runners Club Back-To-Work 4-Mile Run in 19 minutes, 10 seconds in Central Park.[37][38]

In 1987 he won the Israeli national marathon championship in a time of 2:27:57.[39][35]

In September 1988, he won the 18th annual NIKE/OTC 25K in Eugene, Oregon, with a time of 1:20:26.[40]

Sabag won the Vancouver Marathon in Canada in May 1989 with a time of 2-19:41.[33] He did so against a field of 1,109 finishers.[41]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Amy Spiro (July 26, 2021). "For Israeli triathlete brothers, the Olympics is a family affair". The Times of Israel.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Martin Lader (July 23, 1984). "It is 12 years since Munich, and still the..." UPI.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Shem-Tov Sabag Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  4. ^ "Shemtov Sabag - Olympic Athletics - Israel". Olympic.org. 15 June 2016.
  5. ^ Dotan Malach (December 29, 2022). "I believe that at my level today I deserve a medal in any competition, including the Olympics," Makor Rishon.
  6. ^ "Sabag, Shem-Tov". Jews in Sports.
  7. ^ a b "Specialty camps offer variety of programs". The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. May 6, 1983. p. 5.
  8. ^ Zapier Bot (July 17, 2021). "Tokyo 2020 thoughts with Ran Sagiv". Oceania Triathlon.
  9. ^ אורחים, כותבים (December 2, 2016). "TRI זה הכי אחי: שחר ורן שגיב - אלופי ישראל בטריאתלון אילת 2016!". Bikepanel.
  10. ^ Debra Nussbaum Cohen (24 May 2021). "Israeli Olympic triathlete has family and country riding on his shoulders". The Forward.
  11. ^ "Shachar Sagiv becomes first Israeli athlete to compete in Saudi Arabia". The Times of Israel. 30 October 2022.
  12. ^ איפרגן, סתיו (June 9, 2024). "ריאיון בלעדי | 'יצאנו לריצה ושם אבא אמר לי שמספיק. שאנחנו צריכים להיפרד'". Ynet.
  13. ^ Heming, Tim (7 June 2024). "Complete, Up-to-Date Triathlon Start Lists for the Paris 2024 Olympics". Triathlete.
  14. ^ a b c "Running". The Chicago Tribune. April 30, 1984.
  15. ^ "The Team", Inside Oregon Track Newsletter, February 1985, Number 1.
  16. ^ a b c "ד"ר שמי שגיב - כירופרקט | המרכז לכירופרקטיקה NSA ישראל". chiro-nsa.co.il.
  17. ^ "Streetwise," Oregon Daily Emerald, November 2, 1987, p. 5.
  18. ^ "Track & Field". University of Oregon Athletics.
  19. ^ "UO Olympians". University of Oregon Athletics.
  20. ^ "Oregon Men's Cross Country History" (PDF). Oregon Cross Country. 2007.
  21. ^ a b c d e "Year-by-year records," Augustana Men's Cross-Country Record Book– 2021.
  22. ^ Mike Krizman (October 23, 2009). "Men's Individual Champions". 2009 CCIW Cross Country Championship Program.
  23. ^ "Cross Country Looks Ahead". Augustana Observer. September 14, 1983. p. 8.
  24. ^ "Track Results NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships At Northfield, Minn., May 25". UPI. May 25, 1984.
  25. ^ "Men 5000 Meter Run," CCIW Championships; Augustana College Results.
  26. ^ "Statistics," 2009 Men’s Cross Country Media Guide.
  27. ^ "Statistics," CCIW Outdoor Track & Field History.
  28. ^ "Records: CCIW Championships". Athletic Live.
  29. ^ Dave Andrzejewski (October 9, 1984). "Harriers pace to top twenty finish at Notre Dame," The Lanthom, p. 10.
  30. ^ "CCIW Men’s Cross Country History," CCIW.
  31. ^ "כתבות על ד"ר שגיב". chiropract.co.il. January 27, 2016.
  32. ^ "Shem-Tov SABAG | Profile". World Athletics.
  33. ^ a b c "Runner: Shem-Tov Sabag". Association of Road Racing Statisticians.
  34. ^ "Israeli Championships". GBR Athletics.
  35. ^ a b "National Marathon Champions for Israel". Association of Road Racing Statisticians.
  36. ^ "Oregon Update," Inside Oregon Track Newsletter, Fall 1986, p. 1.
  37. ^ "Elsewhere. Olympian Shemi Sabag of Israel won …". Orlando Sentinel. September 8, 1986.
  38. ^ "From Journal-News wires". The Journal News from White Plains, New York. September 8, 1986. p. 33.
  39. ^ "Tiberias International Marathon". Association of Road Racing Statisticians.
  40. ^ "Final Running of NlKE/OTC 25K," National Masters News, November 1988, issue 133, p. 7.
  41. ^ "1989 Vancouver Marathon". RUNVAN.


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