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1 Early and personal life  





2 Education  





3 Running career  



3.1  198384; 2x All American, 2x CCIW 5,000 meter champion, CCIW cross-country champion, Lake County Marathon champion  





3.2  1984 Summer Olympics  





3.3  1984present; Israel national marathon champion, Vancouver Marathon champion  







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*[[University of Oregon]] (Bachelors in [[Exercise Physiology]] '86; Masters in [[Biomechanics]] and [[Gait Analysis]] '89)

*[[University of Oregon]] (Bachelors in [[Exercise Physiology]] '86; Masters in [[Biomechanics]] and [[Gait Analysis]] '89)

*[[University of Western States]] ([[Doctor of Chiropractic]] '93)

*[[University of Western States]] ([[Doctor of Chiropractic]] '93)

| occupation = [[chiropractor]]

| occupation = [[chiropractor]], triathlon coach

| relatives = [[Shachar Sagiv]] and [[Ran Sagiv]], Olympic [[triathlete]]s (sons)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|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|author=Amy Spiro|date=July 26, 2021 |work=The Times of Israel}}</ref>

| relatives = [[Shachar Sagiv]] and [[Ran Sagiv]], Olympic [[triathlete]]s (sons)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|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|author=Amy Spiro|date=July 26, 2021 |work=The Times of Israel}}</ref>

| country = {{ISR}}

| country = {{ISR}}

| sport = [[Running]]

| sport = [[Running]]

| event_type = Races

| event = [[cross-country]], [[5,000 metres]], [[10,000 metres]], [[25K run|25K]], [[half marathon]], and [[marathon]]

| event = [[cross-country]], [[5,000 metres]], [[10,000 metres]], [[25K run|25K]], [[half marathon]], and [[marathon]]

| collegeteam = [[Augustana (IL) Vikings Athletics|Augustana Vikings]], [[Oregon Ducks|University of Oregon Ducks]]

| collegeteam = [[Augustana (IL) Vikings Athletics|Augustana Vikings]], [[Oregon Ducks|University of Oregon Ducks]]

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*Israeli national marathon championship (1984, 1987)

*Israeli national marathon champion (1984, 1987)

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At Augustana College, he was an [[All-American]] in [[cross country running|cross-country]] in 1983 and 1984.<ref name="auto4">[https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/augustana.sidearmsports.com/documents/2022/8/16/2021mccRecordBook.pdf "Year-by-year records,"] ''Augustana Men's Cross-Country Record Book– 2021''.</ref><ref name="chicagotribune.com"/> In 1983, he was the [[College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin]] (CCIW) [[5000 metres|5,000 meter]] champion, and won the silver medal in the CCIW Cross-Country championship, with a time of 24.49.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/cciw/docs/cc_program09|title=Men's Individual Champions |author= Mike Krizman|date=October 23, 2009|website=2009 CCIW Cross Country Championship Program}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/aug_observer/id/19290/|title=Cross Country Looks Ahead|website=Augustana Observer|date=September 14, 1983|page=8}}</ref> In November 1983, he came in 8th in the [[NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship]] in [[Newport News, Virginia]].

At Augustana College, he was an [[All-American]] in [[cross country running|cross-country]] in 1983 and 1984.<ref name="auto4">[https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/augustana.sidearmsports.com/documents/2022/8/16/2021mccRecordBook.pdf "Year-by-year records,"] ''Augustana Men's Cross-Country Record Book– 2021''.</ref><ref name="chicagotribune.com"/> In 1983, he was the [[College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin]] (CCIW) [[5000 metres|5,000 meter]] champion, and won the silver medal in the CCIW Cross-Country championship, with a time of 24.49.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/cciw/docs/cc_program09|title=Men's Individual Champions |author= Mike Krizman|date=October 23, 2009|website=2009 CCIW Cross Country Championship Program}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/aug_observer/id/19290/|title=Cross Country Looks Ahead|website=Augustana Observer|date=September 14, 1983|page=8}}</ref> 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 (IL) Vikings Athletics|Augustana Vikings Track and Field team]], he came in 2nd in the [[10,000 metres|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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/05/25/Track-Results-NCAA-Division-III-Track-and-Field-Championships-At-Northfield-Minn-May-25/9008454305600/|title=Track Results NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships At Northfield, Minn., May 25|date=May 25, 1984|website=UPI}}</ref><ref name="auto4"/><ref name="upi.com"/> 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).<ref>[https://nparku_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/TrackField/2021/2021%20CCIW%20Men%27s%20Track%20&%20Field%20Championships%20-%20Final%20Results.pdf "Men 5000 Meter Run,"] CCIW Championships; Augustana College Results.</ref><ref>[https://augustana.net/documents/athletics/Media%20Guides/2009-10/Men%27sCrossCountry.pdf "Statistics,"] ''2009 Men’s Cross Country Media Guide''.</ref><ref>[https://static.cciw.org/custompages/CCIW_Links/Outdoor_TrackField/History/OTF_Records.pdf "Statistics,"] CCIW Outdoor Track & Field History.</ref><ref name="auto4"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.wayzatatiming.com/meets/36850/reports/records|title= Records: CCIW Championships |website=Athletic Live}}</ref> 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.<ref>Dave Andrzejewski (October 9, 1984). [https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=lanthorn_vol19 "Harriers pace to top twenty finish at Notre Dame,"] ''The Lanthom,'' p. 10.</ref><ref name="auto4"/><ref>[https://static.cciw.org/custompages/CCIW_Links/CrossCountry/History/CC_Records.pdf "CCIW Men’s Cross Country History,"] CCIW.</ref> He was named team MVP in both 1983 and 1984.<ref name="auto4"/>

In May 1984, in a season in which he was co-captain of the [[Augustana (IL) Vikings Athletics|Augustana Vikings Track and Field team]], he came in 2nd in the [[10,000 metres|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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/05/25/Track-Results-NCAA-Division-III-Track-and-Field-Championships-At-Northfield-Minn-May-25/9008454305600/|title=Track Results NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships At Northfield, Minn., May 25|date=May 25, 1984|website=UPI}}</ref><ref name="auto4"/><ref name="upi.com"/> 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).<ref>[https://nparku_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/TrackField/2021/2021%20CCIW%20Men%27s%20Track%20&%20Field%20Championships%20-%20Final%20Results.pdf "Men 5000 Meter Run,"] CCIW Championships; Augustana College Results.</ref><ref>[https://augustana.net/documents/athletics/Media%20Guides/2009-10/Men%27sCrossCountry.pdf "Statistics,"] ''2009 Men’s Cross Country Media Guide''.</ref><ref>[https://static.cciw.org/custompages/CCIW_Links/Outdoor_TrackField/History/OTF_Records.pdf "Statistics,"] CCIW Outdoor Track & Field History.</ref><ref name="auto4"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.wayzatatiming.com/meets/36850/reports/records|title= Records: CCIW Championships |website=Athletic Live}}</ref> 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 Fighting Irish|Notre Dame]] Invitational in [[South Bend, Indiana]], with a time of 24.06.<ref>Dave Andrzejewski (October 9, 1984). [https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=lanthorn_vol19 "Harriers pace to top twenty finish at Notre Dame,"] ''The Lanthom,'' p. 10.</ref><ref name="auto4"/><ref>[https://static.cciw.org/custompages/CCIW_Links/CrossCountry/History/CC_Records.pdf "CCIW Men’s Cross Country History,"] CCIW.</ref> He was named team MVP in both 1983 and 1984.<ref name="auto4"/>



In April 1984 he won his first marathon in his eighth race at that distance, in Chicago, Illinois, in the [[Lake County, Illinois|Lake County]] Marathon in 2-21:47.<ref name="chicagotribune.com"/>

In April 1984 he won his first marathon in his eighth race at that distance, in Chicago, Illinois, in the [[Lake County, Illinois|Lake County]] Marathon in 2-21:47.<ref name="chicagotribune.com"/>


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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

Sabag was born in Israel, his hometown is Haifa, Israel, he later lived in Zichron Yaakov and Tiberias, Israel, and he 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 triathlonatPont Alexandre III on July 30, 2024.[12][13]

Education

He studied as a pre-med student at Augustana CollegeinRock 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 StatesinPortland, Oregon, earning a Doctor of Chiropractic degree, and is now a chiropractor.[16]

Running career

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

At Augustana College, he was an All-Americanincross-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 ChampionshipinNewport 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 championshipsinNorthfield, 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

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

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 25KinEugene, 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

References

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

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