Eithan Urbach
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| Native name | איתן אורבך | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Eithan Urbach | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 January 1977 Haifa, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | backstroke, 50m, 100m, 200m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Maccabi Haifa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Auburn University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | David Marsh (Auburn) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eithan Urbach (Hebrew: איתן אורבך; born 12 January 1977 in Haifa) is a former backstroke swimmer from Israel who swam for Auburn University. Swimming for Israel, Urbach competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Urbach's 4x100 Israeli medley relay team, with Urbach swimming the backstroke leg, set an Israeli National Record in a preliminary heat, becoming the first Israeli swimming team to make the finals of this Olympic event. In 1997, Urbach shared Israel's Sportsman of the Year award.