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Shem-Tov Sabag

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.[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]

Shem-Tov Sabag
Personal information
Native nameשם טוב סבג
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1959-04-13) April 13, 1959 (age 65)
Haifa, Israel
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
Event(s)Half Marathon, marathon
College teamAugustana College
Achievements and titles
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

Early and personal life edit

Sabag was born in Israel, his hometown is Haifa, Israel, he later lived in Tiberias, Israel, and he is Jewish.[2][5][6] 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][7] He later changed his surname to Sagiv.[8]

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.[9][10][1] His son Shachar will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the Men's triathlon at Pont Alexandre III on July 30, 2024.[11]

Education edit

He studied as a pre-med student at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1983 and 1984.[2][12] In the summer of 1983, between semesters at Augustana, he worked at Camp Interlaken, developing a running program.[13]

In the winter of 1984-85, he transferred to the University of Oregon.[14] In 1986 and 1987 he studied bio-mechanics as a graduate student at the University of Oregon; during that time, he ran for a year for the Oregon Ducks.[15][16][17][18]

Running career edit

At Augustana College, he was an All-American in cross-country in 1983 and 1984.[19][12] 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.[20][21] In November 1983, he came in 8th in the NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship.

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.[22][19][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).[23][24][25][19][26] 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.[27][19][28] He was named team MVP in both 1983 and 1984.[19]

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.[12]

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

He competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 25.[3] 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][29] 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]

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.[30][31][32]

In the mid-1980s, after transferring, he ran for the University of Oregon Ducks track and field team, under coach Bill Dellinger.[33]

His personal best in the half-marathon was 1-06:13, which he ran in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in September 1986.[34] 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.[35][36]

In 1987 he won the Israeli national marathon championship in a time of 2:27:57.[37][32]

In September 1988, he won the the 18th annual NIKE/OTC 25K in Eugene, Oregon, with a time of 1:20:26.[38]

Sabag won the Vancouver Marathon in Canada in May 1989 with a time of 2-19:41.[34] He did so against a field of 1,109 finishers.[39]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Amy Spiro. "For Israeli triathlete brothers, the Olympics is a family affair". The Times of Israel.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Martin Lauder (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. ^ "Sabag, Shem-Tov". Jews in Sports.
  6. ^ "Page 5". The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. May 6, 1983.
  7. ^ "Tokyo 2020 thoughts with Ran Sagiv". Oceania Triathlon. July 17, 2021.
  8. ^ אורחים, כותבים (December 2, 2016). "TRI זה הכי אחי: שחר ורן שגיב - אלופי ישראל בטריאתלון אילת 2016!". Bikepanel.
  9. ^ Debra Nussbaum Cohen (24 May 2021). "Israeli Olympic triathlete has family and country riding on his shoulders". The Forward.
  10. ^ "Shachar Sagiv becomes first Israeli athlete to compete in Saudi Arabia". The Times of Israel. 30 October 2022.
  11. ^ Heming, Tim (7 June 2024). "Complete, Up-to-Date Triathlon Start Lists for the Paris 2024 Olympics". Triathlete.
  12. ^ a b c "Running (April 30, 1984)". Chicago Tribune.
  13. ^ "The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle from Milwaukee, Wisconsin". Newspapers.com. May 6, 1983.
  14. ^ [1]
  15. ^ "Streetwise," Oregon Daily Emerald, November 2, 1987.
  16. ^ "Track & Field". University of Oregon Athletics.
  17. ^ "UO Olympians". University of Oregon Athletics.
  18. ^ ""OREGON MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY HISTORY"" (PDF).
  19. ^ a b c d e [2]
  20. ^ "2009 CCIW Cross Country Championship Program by Mike Krizman". issuu. October 23, 2009.
  21. ^ "CONTENTdm". collections.carli.illinois.edu.
  22. ^ "Track Results NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships At Northfield, Minn., May 25". UPI.
  23. ^ [3]
  24. ^ [4]
  25. ^ [5]
  26. ^ "Records: CCIW Championships". results.wayzatatiming.com.
  27. ^ [6]
  28. ^ "CCIW Men’s Cross Country History," CCIW.
  29. ^ "Shem-Tov SABAG | Profile". World Athletics.
  30. ^ "ARRS - Runner: Shem-Tov Sabag". more.arrs.run.
  31. ^ "Israeli Championships". www.gbrathletics.com.
  32. ^ a b "National Marathon Champions for Israel". arrs.run.
  33. ^ [7]
  34. ^ a b "Runner: Shem-Tov Sabag". ARRS.
  35. ^ "ELSEWHERE. Olympian Shemi Sabag of Israel won…". Orlando Sentinel. September 8, 1986.
  36. ^ [8]
  37. ^ "Tiberias International Marathon". arrs.run.
  38. ^ [9]
  39. ^ "1989 Vancouver Marathon | RUNVAN®".


External links edit

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