Bengt Zikarsky (born 17 July 1967 in
Erlangen
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) is a former
freestyle
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swimmer
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from
Germany
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, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in
Atlanta, Georgia
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. He did so alongside
Christian Tröger
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, his
twin
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brother
Björn Zikarsky
Björn Zikarsky (born 17 July 1967 in Erlangen) is a former freestyle swimming, freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so a ...
and
Mark Pinger
Mark Pinger (born 26 June 1970) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of two bronze medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics.
Pinger first did so in 1992 alongside Christian Tröger, Dirk Richter, and Stef ...
. He also won the bronze medal at the same event at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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in
Barcelona
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, after swimming in the heats.
[ at Sports Reference]
References
1967 births
Living people
German male swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Germany
Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
German twins
Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
German male freestyle swimmers
Twin sportspeople
Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Erlangen
20th-century German people
21st-century German people
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