Zohar Hen Shikler (

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: זוהר חן שיקלר; born 8 July 1997), is an Israeli Olympic swimmer, and an Israeli national record holder.

Swimming career

Shikler started to swim at the age of six. She first competed with the Maccabi

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Swimming Team, and then moved to

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Dolphin Netanya. In 2013, Shikler took 12th place in the 50 m freestyle at the European Youth Championships. Representing Israel at the

2013 Maccabiah Games The 19th Maccabiah ( he, המכביה התשע-עשרה) were held during July 18 to 30, 2013. The Games brought together 7,500 competing athletes, making it the third-largest international sporting event in the world after the Olympic Games and ...

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. In August 2014, at the Israeli National Championships Shikler won the 100 m freestyle in 57.34. Shikler took part in the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. T ...

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, Russia, placing 47th in the 50 m freestyle (26.19) and 43rd in the 100 m freestyle (56.84), in early August 2015. 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

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. 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 Israel competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. This was Israel's fourteenth participation in the Summer Olympics. Israel sent 43 athletes to compete in Beijing, the largest Israeli delegation in Olympic history, with the previou ...

. 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

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. 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. 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). 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

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(56.91).

Olympics

Shikler competed for

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. She and her teammates on the women’s 4 x 100 m freestyle relay team (

Keren Siebner Keren Michaela Siebner ( he, קרן זיבנר; also Zibner, born 1990), is an Israeli Olympic swimmer, Israeli national champion, Maccabiah Games winner, and a national record holder in the 200m butterfly and 200m backstroke. Early and pers ...

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, and Andrea Murez) finished 16th in 3:41.97, with her 55.29 being the fastest time among the four. She is slated to swim in Heat 8 of the women's 50 m freestyle on August 10.

References

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College Swimming bio

Rio Olympic bio
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Swimming career

Olympics

See also

References

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