Famous People with Name Yoav

Yoav Ziv            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yoav Ziv: an Israeli football player.He started playing for Maccabi Haifa in the Youth level. He later played with Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Nazareth Illit with which he promoted from Liga Leumit to the Israeli Premier League.In 2006 he moved to Beitar Jerusalem and established himself as a fan favourite, being able to play in both wings or both fullback positions, and even as a Central defender. This came as a surprise since in Nazareth Ziv played as a striker.

Yoav Gath            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Yoav Gath: is a backstroke swimmer from Israel, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.There he competed in the 200m backstroke, advancing to the semifinals after posting the 13th fastest time in the preliminaries (2:00.80). In his semifinal heat, he finished in 2:03.80, and did not advance to the finals; Gath finished in 16th place overall.

Yoav Bruck            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yoav Bruck: is a former swimmer from Israel, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. There he finished 32nd in the 50m freestyle (23.72) and 31st in the 100m freestyle (51.46).

Yoav Gelber            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yoav Gelber: is a professor of history at the University of Haifa, and a visiting professor at the University of Texas.Gelber was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1943 and studied world and Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Gelber is an expert on the history of the Israel Defense Forces.