Shachar Sagiv

Sagiv was born in Haifa, Israel, and lived in Zikhron Ya'akov, {{convert|22|mi}} south of Haifa, and now lives in Ra'anana, Israel.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/sport/article/h1svq5qhc|title=ריאיון בלעדי | "יצאנו לריצה ושם אבא אמר לי שמספיק. שאנחנו צריכים להיפרד"|first=סתיו|last=איפרגן|date=9 June 2024|work=Ynet}}{{Cite news |url= https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-israeli-triathlete-brothers-the-olympics-is-a-family-affair/ |title=For Israeli triathlete brothers, the Olympics is a family affair; Shachar and Ran Sagiv complete the men's triathlon in 20th and 35th place, respectively, setting a new Israeli record |first=Amy |last=Spiro|date=26 July 2021 |work= The Times of Israel}}[https://www.eurosport.com/triathlon/shachar-sagiv_prs629364/person.shtml "Shachar Sagiv,"] Eurosport. His father is Shemi Sagiv (at the time known as Sabag), who represented Israel as a marathon runner at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, studied medicine, and is now a chiropractor, and his mother Rachela is a special education consultant.{{Cite web|url=https://www.matzman-merutz.co.il/%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%92%D7%99%D7%91|title=שחר שגיב- ראיון מיוחד לפני אולימפיאדת טוקיו |website=מצמן את מרוץ}}{{Cite web|url=https://lessablesdolonne.maville.com/actu/actudet_-triathlon.-les-sables-d-olonne-shachar-shagiv-et-les-jeux-olympiques-une-histoire-de-famille-_fil-4748478_actu.Htm?xtor=RSS-4&utm_source=RSS_MVI_lessablesdolonne&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS|title=Triathlon. Shachar Sagiv et les Jeux Olympiques, une histoire de famille|website=Les Sables d'Olonne|date=23 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://forward.com/news/470120/israeli-olympic-triathlete-shachar-sagiv-tokyo-summer-games/|title=Israeli Olympic triathlete has family and country riding on his shoulders|author=Debra Nussbaum Cohen|date=24 May 2021|website=The Forward}}

His brother Ran Sagiv, who is three years younger, also competed in triathlon in the Olympics, and came in 35th in triathlon in the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport5.co.il//articles.aspx?FolderID=8662&docID=378175|title=המטרה - טופ 15: האחים שגיב מתכוננים - ערוץ הספורט|date=25 July 2021|website=Sport5.co.il - אתר ערוץ הספורט}} He said of Ran: "We encourage each other and we always support each other; we also fight, like all brothers." He has a younger brother.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/shachar-sagiv-becomes-first-israeli-athlete-to-compete-in-saudi-arabia/|title=Shachar Sagiv becomes first Israeli athlete to compete in Saudi Arabia|date=30 October 2022 |work=The Times of Israel}}

For his bar mitzvah, his father took him to France to watch the Tour de France bicycle competition for a week.{{Cite web|url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/culture/557689/|title=אני מאמין שברמה שלי היום אני שווה מדליה בכל תחרות, כולל באולימפיאדה|date=29 December 2022|author=דותן מלאך|work=Makor Rishon}} When he was 15 years old, Sagiv moved to Israel’s Wingate Institute in Netanya, and attended high school while he trained. He attended Hof HaSharon High School. During his required military service with the Israeli Defense Forces he served in a special unit that allowed him to continue training and traveling to compete, while he also coached soldiers in special fighter units in power lifting and running. He is 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) tall.{{Cite web|url=https://triathlon.org/athletes/profile/41870/shachar_sagiv|title=Shachar Sagiv (ISR) | World Triathlon Championship Series|website=World Triathlon}}

Sagiv focused first on the biathlon at age 7, a 300-meter run, 3-kilometer ride, and another 300-meter run, and then ran his first triathlon when he was 8 years old, after he was encouraged by his father.{{Cite web|url=https://bikepanel.com/%d7%a9%d7%97%d7%a8-%d7%a9%d7%92%d7%99%d7%91/|title=TRI זה הכי אחי: שחר ורן שגיב – אלופי ישראל בטריאתלון אילת 2016!|first=כותבים|last=אורחים|date=2 December 2016|website=Bikepanel}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/2009-08-26/ty-article/determined-children-are-the-future-of-sports/0000017f-dbaa-df9c-a17f-ffba1f090000|title=Determined children are the future (of sports)|first=Uri|last=Talshir|date=26 August 2009|work=Haaretz}} He focused on triathlon over other sports at 15 years of age.

He races in Super League Triathlon, which he was invited to participate in after the Tokyo Olympics.{{Cite web|title=Shachar Sagiv|url=https://superleaguetriathlon.com/athlete/shachar-sagiv/|access-date=31 January 2022|website=Super League Triathlon|language=en-GB}} His coach until 2021 was his father; his coach since then has been Lior Cohen, and his club is Maccabi Tel Aviv.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mako.co.il/news-sport/sports_others-2023_q3/Article-2598c86227a3981027.htm|title=זוכה הכסף מהמשחקים האירופיים: "שווה מדלייה גם בפריז 2024" |author=

בן גולדפריינד|date=11 July 2023|website=N12}} He trains between 25 and 30 hours a week.

In October 2012, Sagiv won the gold medal in the 2012 Alanya European Triathlon Union (ETU) Junior European Cup in Alanya, Turkey, in the sprint triathlon competition (750-meter swim, 20-km bike, 5-km run) with a time of 53:31.{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/athletes/results/41870/shachar_sagiv|title=Results: Shachar Sagiv (ISR)|website=World Triathlon}} In June 2013, he won the silver medal in the 2013 Kupiskis ETU Triathlon Junior European Cup in Kupiskis, Lithuania, with a time of 57:30. In November 2013, he won the silver medal in the 2013 Israel Triathlon National Championships with a time of 2:05:26. In 2013 he was ranked 15th in the world for his age.

In October 2014, he won the silver medal in the 2014 Loutraki ETU Triathlon European Cup and Mediterranean Championships in Loutraki, Greece, with a time of 54:43. In December 2014, Sagiv won the bronze medal in the 2014 Israel Triathlon National Championships in Eilat, Israel, in a time of 1:55:19. In December 2015, he won the 2015 Israel Triathlon National Championships in Eilat in a time of 2:08:25.

In June 2016, Sagiv won the bronze medal in the 2016 Burgas ETU Triathlon U23 European Championships in Burgas, Bulgaria, with a time of 59:57. In December 2016, he won the 2016 Israel Triathlon National Championships in Eilat with a time of 1:52:02.

Sagiv competed in the men's triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, coming in 20th out of 51 competitors with a time of 1:47:10 (and 12th in the bicycle, with a time of 56:14) in hot and humid weather, as his younger brother came in a little less than two minutes later.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/sport/article/hjr2juo0d|title=עשו היסטוריה: האחים הישראלים התחרו יחד בטריאתלון|date=25 July 2021|work=Ynet|author=Oren Aharoni}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2020_tokyo_olympic_games/501764|title=Results: Elite Men | Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games|date=26 July 2021|website=World Triathlon}}{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/triathlon/results-men-s-individual-fnl-000100-.htm |title=Triathlon – Results |work=Tokyo 2020 |access-date=26 July 2021 |archive-date=28 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728161613/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/triathlon/results-men-s-individual-fnl-000100-.htm |url-status=dead }} Shachar remarked: "My obligation as an older brother was to take care of my little brother and take him everywhere, so I also took him to the Olympics." The race consisted of a 1.5-kilometer swim, followed by a 40-kilometer bike race, and then finally a 10-kilometer run. They were the first siblings to compete together for Team Israel since brothers Ran Shantal and Nir Chantal, who represented Israel in the Men's 470 Sailing in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/team-israel-brothers-finish-20th-and-35th-place-in-tokyo-2020-triathlon-674903|title=Team Israel brothers finish 20th and 35th in Tokyo 2020 triathlon|date=26 July 2021|website=The Jerusalem Post}}

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In April 2021, Sagiv won the bronze medal in the 2021 Europe Triathlon Cup Melilla in Melilla, Spain, with a time of 49:17, five seconds behind the gold medal winner.{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympicsil.co.il/%d7%9c%d7%9c%d7%90-%d7%a7%d7%98%d7%92%d7%95%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%94/%d7%a9%d7%97%d7%a8-%d7%a9%d7%92%d7%99%d7%91-%d7%94%d7%98%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%90%d7%aa%d7%9c%d7%98-%d7%94%d7%91%d7%9b%d7%99%d7%a8-%d7%a9%d7%9c-%d7%99%d7%a9%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%9c-%d7%96%d7%9b%d7%94-%d7%91%d7%9e/|title=שחר שגיב, הטריאתלט הבכיר של ישראל, זכה במדליית הארד בתחרות סבב גביע אירופה בספרד |work= Israel Olympics}} In May 2021 he was ranked 12th among male triathletes worldwide.

In 2022, he won his first Super League Triathlon (SLT) podium at SLT Malibu 2022 in California, with a silver medal.{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=Megan |date=17 September 2022 |title=Hayden Wilde Stars In California |url=https://superleaguetriathlon.com/hayden-wilde-stars-in-california/ |access-date=6 October 2022 |website=Super League Triathlon |language=en-GB}}

In May 2022, Sagiv won the bronze medal in the 2022 Europe Triathlon Cup Caorle in Caorle, Italy, with a time of 51:23. In October 2022, he became the first Israeli athlete to compete in Saudi Arabia, as he competed in the Super League Neom triathlon; after suffering a fall, he finished the competition in 9th place.{{Cite web|url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/sport/1666711862-israeli-triathlete-shachar-sagiv-to-compete-in-saudi-arabia|title=Israeli triathlete Shachar Sagiv to compete in Saudi Arabia; 'I am very excited to be a trailblazer... This is proof that sports connect peoples and countries'|date=25 October 2022|website=I24 News}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/sports/article-721034|title=Israeli triathlete becomes first Israeli to compete in Saudi Arabia|date=30 October 2022|website=The Jerusalem Post |author=Tzvi Joffre}}

Most of 2023, Sagiv suffered from a hamstring injury.{{Cite web|url=https://www-shvoong-co-il.translate.goog/%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A8-%D7%A9%D7%92%D7%99%D7%91-%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%97-%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94-%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%93%D7%AA%D7%99-%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%94-%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%94-%D7%94/181584/?_x_tr_sl=iw&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc|author=Guy Dor|work=Shvoong|date=22 February 2024|title=המוזרה, הפציעה והשינויים בפגרה: שחר שגיב פותח עונה }} In April 2023, Sagiv won the gold medal in the 2023 Israel Sprint Triathlon National Championships in Tiberias, Israel, with a time of 55:10.

In June 2023 he won the silver medal in the 2023 Kraków-Malopolska European Games triathlon in Kraków-Malopolska, Poland, with a time of 1:46:51, one second behind Norwegian gold medal winner Vetle Bergsvik Thorn.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tri247.com/triathlon-news/elite/european-games-triathlon-2023-results-report-krakow-men|title=Norwegian double! Vetle Bergsvik Thorn sprints to European Games 2023 gold|first=John|last=Levison|date=28 June 2023|website=TRI247}}

In February 2024, he came in 4th in the World Triathlon Cup held in Napier, New Zealand, with a time of 49:50 minutes, one second behind third place.{{Cite web|url=https://www.one.co.il/Article/456454.html|author=אסי ממן|title=מקום רביעי לשחר שגיב בתחרות מסבב גביע העולם|date=24 February 2024|website=ONE – מספר אחת בספורט}}{{Cite web|url=https://triathlon.org/news/article/mcclusky_holds_off_home_favourite_wilde_to_claim_his_first_ever_world_cup_w |title=McClusky holds off home favourite Wilde to claim his first-ever World Cup win in Napier |first=Olalla |last=Cernuda |date=24 February 2024 |website=World Triathlon}}

Sagiv represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's triathlon, and came in 37th out of 55 competitors.[https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/shachar-sagiv-places-37th-out-of-55-in-mens-triathlon/ "Shachar Sagiv places 37th out of 55 in men’s triathlon,"] The Times of Israel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlete.com/culture/news/triathlon-start-lists-paris-2024-olympics/|title=Complete, Up-to-Date Triathlon Start Lists for the Paris 2024 Olympics|first=Tim|last=Heming|date=7 June 2024|work=Triathlete}} In August 2023, he competed in a pre-Olympic competition in Paris to become familiar with the Olympic course, and said: "I know what will happen; it is already imagined in my head." Commenting on the Gaza war, he said: "it's hard for me to be happy with what I'm doing, when I know that my friends and even my partner are still in the reserves, fighting for us. But this is my role in the world, to represent Israel{{nbsp}}... in the best possible way{{nbsp}}... this is bigger than the personal goals that have accompanied me until today."

Looking forward, he said he hopes to compete in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the city in which his father competed in the Olympics for Israel in 1984. As he puts it: "I need to close a circle with my father."

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