Adi Bichman

Adi Maia Bichman
Personal information
Native name
עדי מאיה ביכמן
National team Israel
Born (1983-02-05) 5 February 1983 (age 43)
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Events
400 Meter free, 800 Meter free
400 Meter medley
StrokesFreestyle, Medley
College teamRice University

Adi Maia Bichman (Hebrew: עדי מאיה ביכמן; born February 5, 1983) is an Israeli former swimmer who swam in the 2000 Olympics.

She attended Rice University on an athletic scholarship. She is the director of the Faculty of Health Professions at the Ono Academic College.

2000 Sydney Olympics

She participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she swam in the 400m and 800m freestyle, as well as the 400m medley.

2000 Olympic times

She swam in Heat 1 of the 400 meter freestyle at the Sydney Olympics and placed seventh with a time of 4:27.33, not finishing in the top eight times to qualify for the final heat. In the 400 meter Individual Medley, she placed eighth, in Heat 3, with a time of 5:06.72. In the 800 meter freestyle, she came in twenty-fifth overall with a time of 9:01.90.

International competition highlights

In International competition many of her personal bests were in the following events:

In January 2002, Rice won all ten events of a meet consisting entirely of relays, taking its third title at the University of San Diego Invitational at the San Diego Sports Center. Rice had swimmers that placed 1-2 in four separate events and accumulated 204 points to finish ahead of Arkansas (100), Air Force (76) and San Diego (58). The relay team of Jackie Corcoran, Bichman, and Corrie Kristick completed the 1500 yard freestyle relay in 15:34.86, over 17 seconds in front of Arkansas which took second.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Adi Bichman". Jews In Sports Online. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
  2. ↑ Profile from Sports-Reference
  3. ↑ "Swimming, 400 Meter Freestyle, Heat 1", The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, pg. 153, 18 September 2000
  4. ↑ "Swimming, Women, 400IM", Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, pg. 71, 17 September 2000
  5. ↑ "Adi Bichman". Olympedia. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Adi Bichman". World Aquatics. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Swimming World, January 2002, NCAA Women: Rice Sweeps San Diego Invite". swimmingworldmagazine.com. 6 January 2002. Retrieved August 26, 2025.