Eva Fabian

Eva Fabian (; born August 3, 1993) is an American-Israeli open water swimmer. She was the 2010 world champion in the 5-kilometer swim, and won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in the women's 10k. After her move to Israel in 2017, she continued to compete in open water events and swam with the Israeli national team, before retiring from swimming in 2024. After her swimming retirement, she worked for a high technology firm, residing in Netanya, Israel with her spouse, Zohar Tavor whom she married in 2022. She has an older brother, Max, who was also a swimmer. With a strong collegiate career, as a Senior in 2016, Fabian received the Ivy League Career High Point award, and in 2013-15 was First Team All-Ivy. She was a CSCAA First Team Scholar and a recipient of the McLeish Memorial Swimming trophy in 2014, given for high ideals in sports, and loyalty to the University. As an underclassman, she received the Harry Burke Award in 2013, given for outstanding swimming by a Yale underclassman. After her move to Israel, her primary coach was Hanan Gilad, a well-known Israeli swim coach also specializing in open water swimming, who played a critical role in Eva's success as an elite international competitor and helped her become a prominent figure in Israeli swimming. Gilad coached the Israeli National Swimming Team at Wingate Institute, as their Open Water Coach. Jim Henry, her coach at Yale, also played a prominent role in her development as a distance swimmer in events up to one mile during her time competing with the Yale women's team.

Distance competition highlights as an American At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy, Fabian placed 10th in the 25-kilometer open water event. At the 2009 Open Water National Championships she won the 5K and came in second in the 10K.

At the July 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, Fabian won a gold medal in the 5-kilometer swim in 1:02:00.98 in Lac Saint-Jean, Canada, at 16 years of age. In the 10 km, she was disqualified along with Brazil's Poliana Okimoto for failing to round a turn buoy properly. At the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Fabian won a silver medal behind Christine Jennings in the 10-kilometer open water event.

In June, 2011, she swam in choppy waters, yet was able to place first in the 10-K competition at Fort Lauderdale's USA Swimming Open Water National Championships.

At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Fabian placed fourth in the 25-kilometer open water event, only two seconds out of third place. At the 2011 USA Swimming Open Water National Championships she won the gold medal in the 10K in 2:18:31.

In 2014 she won a bronze medal at the 2014 US Open Water National Championships in the 10K, and a silver medal at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, in the 10K. She missed most of the 2016 season due to injury.

Move to Israel Around the age of 20, Fabian immigrated to Israel, and became an Israeli citizen in late 2017, though she had never been in Israel prior to immigrating. She was attracted to competing in Israel partly due to the rare opportunity to train with their national open water team, as many countries had yet to have a national open water team. She was also attracted to Israel's large and scenic beachfront, and the warmer water in Israel's oceans, alowing her to train year round, an opportunity she lacked with the cold ocean water in her native New Hampshire. At the time, Fabian trained with nine demanding training sessions per week, with an average minimum distance of 7 km or 4.3 miles per session.

In August 2024, at the age of 31, Fabian retired from competitive swimming.

Personal life As of 2017, Fabian lived in Netanya, Israel. In 2022 she married Zohar Tavor, the captain of Israel's national female rugby team.