Shem-Tov Sabag

Shem-Tov "Shemi" Sabag; later known by the surname Sagiv (; born April 13, 1959) is an Israeli former Olympic marathoner, former triathlon coach, and currently a chiropractor. He competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. 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. 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. He later changed his surname to Sagiv.

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.

Education He studied as a pre-med student at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1983 and 1984. In the summer of 1983, between semesters at Augustana, he worked at Camp Interlaken, developing a running program. In 1986 he obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Oregon in exercise physiology.

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.

From 1989 to 1993 he studied at the University of Western States in Portland, Oregon, earning a Doctor of Chiropractic degree, and is now a chiropractor. 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 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 championships in Northfield, Minnesota. 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. He was named team MVP in both 1983 and 1984. Running in the Men's Marathon in August 1984 he came in 60th out of 107 competitors, with a time of 2-31:34. When he competed in the Olympics, Sabag was tall and weighed .

In the mid-1980s, after transferring, he ran for the University of Oregon Ducks track and field team, under coach Bill Dellinger.

His personal best in the half-marathon was 1-06:13, which he ran in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in September 1986. 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.

In 1987 he won the Israeli national marathon championship in a time of 2:27:57.

Sabag won the Vancouver Marathon in Canada in May 1989 with a time of 2:19:41.