Zohar Shikler
Shikler, in April 2016 | |
Personal information | |
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Birth name | זוהר שיקלר |
Full name | Zohar Hen Shikler[1] |
Nationality | Israel |
Born | July 8, 1997 |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes |
50 m freestyle 100 m freestyle |
Club | Hapoel Dolphin Netanya |
Zohar Hen Shikler (Hebrew: זוהר שיקלר; born 8 July 1997), is an Israeli Olympic swimmer,[2] and an Israeli national record holder.
Swimming career
Shikler started to swim at the age of six.[3] She first competed with the Maccabi Kiryat Ono Swimming Team, and then moved to Hapoel Dolphin Netanya.[4][3]
In 2013, Shikler took 12th place in the 50 m freestyle at the European Youth Championships.[5] Representing Israel at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in July 2013, she swam the 50 m freestyle in 26.23, setting both the Maccabiah record for women and the competition's record for girls ages 13–16.[6]
In August 2014, at the Israeli National Championships Shikler won the 100 m freestyle in 57.34.[7]
Shikler took part in the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, placing 47th in the 50 m freestyle (26.19) and 43rd in the 100 m freestyle (56.84), in early August 2015.[8][9] A week later, she participated in the Israeli National Championships, winning the 50 m freestyle with a time of 25.30, only 2 hundredths of a second short of the qualifying time for the 2016 Olympic Games.[10] Her time was also close to the Israeli national record of 25.23, set by Anna Gostomelsky when she represented Israel at the 2008 Olympics.[10]
In December 2015, Shikler set an Israeli national record in the 50 m freestyle, at 24.80, while swimming in the women’s 4 x 50 m freestyle team at the European Short Course Swimming Championships at the Wingate Institute.[11]
In April 2016, she won the Israeli Swimming Association Cup with a time of 25.18. Thanks to this time, Shikler qualified to participate for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[12] That same month, at the Israeli Championships in a 50 m long pool at Wingate Institute she set personal records in the 50 m freestyle (25.18) and the 100 m freestyle (56.1).[3]
Shikler also took part in the 2016 European Aquatics Championships in May 2016 in London, placing 21st in the 50 m freestyle (25.70) and 56th in the 100 m freestyle (56.91).
Olympics
Shikler competed for Israel at the 2016 Olympics. She and her teammates on the women’s 4 x 100 m freestyle relay team (Keren Siebner, Amit Ivry, and Andrea Murez) finished 16th in 3:41.97, with her 55.29 being the fastest time among the four.[13] She is slated to swim in Heat 8 of the women's 50 m freestyle on August 10.
References
- ↑ "Zohar Hen SHIKLER - Olympic Swimming - Israel". 27 June 2016.
- ↑ "Swimming Israel".
- 1 2 3 "Swimming Israel".
- ↑ "Swimrankings - SHIKLER, Zohar".
- ↑ "Israeli Olympic profiles: Zohar Shikler".
- ↑
- ↑ "Or Sabatier Breaks 50 Free Israeli Record To Cap Israeli Nationals - Swimming World News". 3 August 2014.
- ↑ "Zohar SHIKLER - CollegeSwimming".
- ↑ Barclay, Simon (17 March 2016). "16th World Aquatics Championships - Kazan 2015. Complete Results & Athlete Index". Lulu.com – via Google Books.
- 1 2 "Yakov Toumarkin, Andi Murez Qualify For 2016 Olympics At Israeli Nationals". 15 August 2015.
- ↑ Asmawati, Arista. "Swimming: Israelis hoping to end Euros with a bang".
- ↑ "זוהר שיקלר הבטיחה את הכרטיס לריו 2016". 7 April 2016 – via Ynet.
- ↑ "Swimmers fail to make a splash in Rio".