Eran Groumi is a former backstroke

Backstroke

The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...

 and butterfly

Butterfly

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 swimmer from Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

 in Barcelona, Spain.

There he did not advance past the first round of the competition.

At the 1989 Maccabiah Games

Maccabiah Games

The Maccabiah is an international Jewish athletic event similar to the Olympics held in Israel every four years under the auspices of the Maccabi Federation, affiliated with the Maccabi World Union. The Maccabiah Games is the third largest international sports competition in the world...

, 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.