Tomer Frankel ( he, תומר פרנקל; born 18 October 2000) is an Israeli
swimmer. He competes in the 100 m
butterfly
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,
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 butterfly, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 50 m butterfly, 4x100 m freestyle, 4x100 m medley, 4x100 m freestyle mixed, 4x200 m freestyle, and 4x50 m freestyle. He is the European junior champion in the 100 m freestyle and the 4x200 m freestyle (
2018 Helsinki).
Swimming career
Frankel competes in the 100 m
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...
,
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 butterfly, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 50 m butterfly, 4x100 m freestyle, 4x100 m medley, 4x100 m freestyle mixed, 4x200 m freestyle, and 4x50 m freestyle.
His club is
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's leadi ...
.
2016-17; two-time European Junior bronze medalist
In July 2016, he won a
bronze medal at the
2016 European Junior Swimming Championships in
Hódmezővásárhely,
Hungary
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, in the Men's 4x200 m freestyle.
In June 2017, Frankel 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.
He competed in the
men's 200 m freestyle event at the
the following month.
2018-present; two-time European Junior Champion
In May 2018, at 17 years of age, Frankel won and set Israeli records in the 100 m butterfly (in 52.25; breaking
Alon Mandel
Alon Mandel ( he, אלון מנדל; born 23 August 1988) is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Mandel is the national record holder (2014) in 50- and 100-meter butterfly. Mandel won the 100-meter butterfly at t ...
’s record set in 2009) and the 200 m freestyle (in 1:47.15; breaking
Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or's record set in 2008) at the 2018 Israel Cup.
In July 2018, Frankel won
gold medals in at the
2018 European Junior Swimming Championships in
Helsinki, Finland, in both the Men's 100 m freestyle and the Men's 4x200 m freestyle.
In December 2018 he won, and set Israeli short course national records, at the 2018 Arena Israeli Swimming Championships in the 400 m freestyle (in 3:42.86), the 200 m freestyle (in 1:43.50), and the 200 m butterfly (in 1:53.72).
In April 2019, at the 2019 Israel Cup he won the men’s 200 m freestyle in a time of 1:48.40. That same month he won a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly at the Stockholm Open. In June 2019 Frankel set a new Israeli national record in the men’s 100 m butterfly, at 52.16, at the 2019 Sette Colli Trophy in
Rome, Italy.
In December 2019, he met the 2020 Olympic qualifying standard of 51.96 in the men’s 100 m butterfly with splits of 24.29/27.63 in the 2019 Swim Cup Amsterdam.
See also
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List of Israeli records in swimming
This is a list of Israeli records in swimming, which are ratified by the Israel Swimming Association. To set a record, you have to be an Israeli citizen. All records were achieved in finals unless otherwise noted.
Long course (50 m) Men
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References
External links
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Tomer Frankelat SwimCloud.com
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2000 births
Living people
Israeli male swimmers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Israeli male freestyle swimmers
Male butterfly swimmers
Male medley swimmers
Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers of Israel