Ran Sagiv

Ran Sagiv (Hebrew: רן שגיב; born 25 March 1997) is an Israeli Olympic triathlete. He won the bronze medal in the 2019 World Triathlon U23 Championships. Sagiv competed in the men's triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, coming in 35th.

Early and personal life Sagiv is a native of Zichron Yaakov, Israel. His father is his biggest inspiration. For his bar mitzvah, his father took him to London to see the 2012 Summer Olympics; in later years, his father was his coach.

His brother Shachar Sagiv, who is three years older than Ran, is also a triathlete Olympian, and came in 20th in triathlon in the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021. Shachar said of him: "We encourage each other and we always support each other; we also fight, like all brothers."

His younger brother is named Tomer.

He studied at the Open University, where he graduated with a BA in Political Science and International Relations, and served in the Israel Defense Forces 8th Army at the Wingate Institute as an "outstanding athlete".

Career 2014–20; bronze medal in European U23 Championships Sagiv won the gold medal in the 2014 Israel Triathlon Junior National Sprint Championships, in a time of 57:15.

Sagiv won the bronze medal in the 2015 Kupiškis European Triathlon Union (ETU) Triathlon Junior European Cup in Lithuania in 59:32 as he came in second in the run with a time of 16:23, the bronze medal in the 2015 Tiszaujvaros ETU Triathlon Junior European Cup in Hungary in 37:48, and the bronze medal in the 2015 Alanya ETU Triathlon Junior European Cup in Turkey in 55:46 as he came in second in the run with a time of 16:17. He also won the bronze medal in the European Championship round in Hungary in 2015.

Sagiv came in fourth in the 2018 Eilat ETU Triathlon U23 European Championships in Israel in 1:54:38, 19 seconds behind gold medal winner Max Studer, as he came in second in the run with a time of 31:44. He also came in fourth in the 2019 Karlovy Vary ITU Triathlon World Cup in the Czech Republic, in a competition that had 66 competitors, with a time of 1:56:52.

2021–22; Tokyo Summer Olympics Sagiv competed in the men's event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, coming in 35th out of 51 competitors, in hot and humid weather, a little less than two minutes after his brother who came in 20th. His older brother 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."

He won the gold medal in the 2021 Israel Sprint Triathlon National Championships in Herzliya, Israel, with a time of 1:00:45.