Björn Zikarsky (born 17 July 1967 in

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) is a former

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from

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, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the

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. He did so alongside

Christian Tröger Christian-Alexander Tröger (born 6 October 1969 in Munich, Bavaria) is a former swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three bronze medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. He first did so in 1992 alongside Mark Pinger, Dirk ...

, his

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brother

Bengt Zikarsky Bengt Zikarsky (born 17 July 1967 in Erlangen) is a former 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 alongside Christia ...

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 competed in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

for West Germany. He lives between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He has 4 kids with Kylie (Zikarsky), a former Elite Surf Lifesaving Competitor: Ruben, Jade, Lennox and Rocco. Rocco standing 7'1 (215cm) at 16 years (July 2022) of age is a very prospective basketballer (part of the National Player Program) and, like his older brother Ruben, a national level swimmer.

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