Denis Loktev ( he, דניס לוקטב; born 4 June 2000) is an Israeli

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. He competes in

100 m freestyle The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics. The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...

, 100 m medley, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4x100 m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle mixed, 4x200 m freestyle, 4x200 m freestyle, and 4x50 m freestyle. He won a

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at the

2018 Youth Olympic Games The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international multi-sport event, sports, cultural, and edu ...

in the men's 200 m freestyle, as well as the 2018 European Junior Swimming Championship in the men's 4x200 m freestyle.

Swimming career

He competes in

, 100 m medley, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 4x100 m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle mixed, 4x200 m freestyle, 4x200 m freestyle, and 4x50 m freestyle. In July 2016, he won a

at the 2016 European Junior Swimming Championships in

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, in the men's 4x200 m freestyle. In June 2017, he won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Junior Swimming Championships in

Netanya, Israel Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate ...

, in the men's 4x200 m freestyle. In July 2017 at the

2017 Maccabiah Games The 2017 Maccabiah Games ( he, משחקי המכביה 2017), also referred to as the 20th Maccabiah Games ( he, המכביה ה-20), were the 20th edition of the Maccabiah Games. They took place from 4 to 17 July 2017, in Israel. The Maccabiah ...

he won the

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in the men’s 200 m freestyle. In July 2018, he won a gold medal at the

2018 European Junior Swimming Championships The 2018 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from 4 to 8 July 2018 in Helsinki, Finland. The Championships were organized by LEN, the European Swimming League, and were held in a 50-meter pool. The Championships were for girls aged 14� ...

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, in the men's 4x200 m freestyle, and a

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in the men's 200 m freestyle with a 1:47.95. In October 2018 he won a

at the

in the men's 200 m freestyle. In March 2019, he won the men’s 400 m freestyle with a 3:52.40 at the 2019

Fédération Française de Natation The French Swimming Federation (french: Fédération française de natation, FFN) is the French water sports association, founded in February 1919, grouping the sports swimming clubs, open water swimming, synchronized swimming, diving and French w ...

Golden Tour

Camille Muffat Camille Muffat (; 28 October 1989 – 9 March 2015) was a French swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. Swimming for the Olympic Nice Natation club, she specialised in the individual medley and the free style events. Her career ran from 2005 ...

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. In April 2019, he set a new Israeli national record in the 400 m freestyle with a 3:51.45 at the Stockholm Open. The same month he won a silver medal at the Israel Cup in the 200 m freestyle, with a 1:48.47. In May 2019 at the 2019

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Grand Challenge in

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, he won a silver medal in the 400 m freestyle super-final, at 3:54.50. In July 2019 he competed in the men's 400 metre freestyle at the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Loktev, Denis 2000 births Living people Israeli male swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) Swimmers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Competitors at the 2017 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games medalists in swimming Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Israel 21st-century Israeli people

Swimming career

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