Oren Azrad

Azrad also competed for Israel in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Teaming with Alexei Manziula, Eithan Urbach, and Yoav Bruck in heat three, Azrad swam the third leg and recorded a split of 50.68, but the Israelis came up short to sixth place and fourteenth overall in a national record of 3:22.06.

Azrad accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he trained for the Alabama Crimson Tide swimming and diving team, under South African-based head coach Jonty Skinner, from 1998 to 2002. While swimming for the Crimson Tide, he received both Southeastern Conference and All-American honors in the 800-yard freestyle relay after finishing ninth from the 2000 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships. At the U.S. Open on that same year, Azrad helped his team earned a third-place finish, following their relentless triumph in the 400-yard freestyle relay. During his collegiate season, he posted top-ten career bests in the 50-yard freestyle (20.30), 100-yard freestyle (43.97), 200-yard freestyle (1:36.34), 100-yard backstroke (48.92), and 200-yard backstroke (1:48.26).

Oren Eliahu Azrad (Hebrew: אורן אזרד ‎; born June 19, 1976) is an Israeli former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He represented Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also earned Southeastern Conference and All-American honors as a member of the University of Alabama's swimming and diving team, while studying in the United States