Wikipedia's first sentence called it “former backstroke and butterfly swimmer from israel”. Today it says “male former backstroke and butterfly swimmer from israel who set israeli records in both strokes”.
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Eran Groumi (born June 5, 1970 in Jerusalem ) is a former backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Israel , who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain .1There he did not advance past the first round of the competition. At the 1989 Maccabiah Games , Groumi broke the Israeli record in the 200-meter butterfly with a time of 2:04.80. In 1992, he won an international competition in the 200m backstroke, tying his own Israeli record of 57.39, and qualifying him for the 1992 Summer Games. At the 1997 European Championships in Seville, Spain , Groumi set the Israeli record in 50m butterfly (25.13), and the 100m butterfly (54.48). In 1999, Groumi competed in the 50m and 100m butterfly events; in 2000, he finished 3rd in both events at the Israeli Winter Swimming Championships.2
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Eran Groumi (born June 5, 1970 in Jerusalem ) is a former backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Israel , who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain .
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Israeli swimmer Eran Groumi (born June 5, 1970, in Jerusalem ) is a male former backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Israel .
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Israeli swimmer Eran Cohen Groumi ( ; born June 5, 1970, in Jerusalem ) is a male former backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Israel who set Israeli records in both strokes.His nephew is Israeli Olympic swimmer Gal Cohen Groumi ."גל כהן גרומי (שחייה) - וואלה! אולימפיאדת טוקיו 2020" . 8 July 2021.
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Israeli swimmer (born 1970) Eran Cohen Groumi ( Hebrew : ערן (כהן) גרומי ; born June 5, 1970, in Jerusalem ) is a male former backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Israel who set Israeli records in both strokes. His nephew is Israeli Olympic swimmer Gal Cohen Groumi . "גל כהן גרומי (שחייה) - וואלה! אולימפיאדת טוקיו 2020" . 8 July 2021.
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former backstroke and butterfly swimmer from israel
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male former backstroke and butterfly swimmer from israel who set israeli records in both strokes
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