Amir Ganiel (; January 6, 1963, in

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– May 14, 2018) was an Israeli swimming champion.

Sports career

Ganiel was a record holder who participated in the

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for the national team. He specialized in long distance. He was recognized as one of Israel's greatest swimmers. He achieved 11 Israeli records.

Medical career

After his retirement from

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, Ganiel studied

medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) (, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public university, public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Named after Israeli List of national founders, national founder David Ben-Gurion, the unive ...

. He became a chest and heart surgeon at the Soroka University Medical Center.

Son

Ganiel's son,

Imri Ganiel Imri Ganiel (; born 8 January 1992) is an Israeli swimmer. Biography Imri Ganiel was born in Beersheba and grew up in Omer. Ganiel started swimming at the age of 8 and has competed in swimming since the age of 12. He is the son of Amir Ganiel, a ...

, is also a swimmer. He is a national record holder and an Olympic swimmer of

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References

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Sports career

Medical career

Son

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