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Zohar Hen Shikler (Hebrew: זוהר חן שיקלר; born 8 July 1997), is an Israeli Olympic swimmer,[2] and an Israeli national record holder.

Zohar Shikler

Zohar Shikler in April 2016
Personal information
Birth name	זוהר שיקלר
Full name	Zohar Hen Shikler[1]
Nationality	Israel
Born	(1997-07-08) July 8, 1997 (age 24)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	50 m freestyle 100 m freestyle
Club	Hapoel Dolphin Netanya

Swimming career

Shikler started to swim at the age of six.[2] She first competed with the Maccabi Kiryat Ono Swimming Team, and then moved to Hapoel Dolphin Netanya.[3][2]

In 2013, Shikler took 12th place in the 50 m freestyle at the European Youth Championships.[4] Representing Israel at the 2013 Maccabiah Games 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.[5]

In August 2014, at the Israeli National Championships Shikler won the 100 m freestyle in 57.34.[6]

Shikler took part in the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, placing 47th in the 50 m freestyle (26.19) and 43rd in the 100 m freestyle (56.84), in early August 2015.[7][8] 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 2016 Olympic Games.[9] 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.[9]

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 Wingate Institute.[10]

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.[11] 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).[2]

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 100 m freestyle (56.91).

Olympics

Shikler competed for Israel at the 2016 Olympics. She and her teammates on the women’s 4 x 100 m freestyle relay team (Keren Siebner, Amit Ivry, and Andrea Murez) finished 16th in 3:41.97, with her 55.29 being the fastest time among the four.[12] She is slated to swim in Heat 8 of the women's 50 m freestyle on August 10.

See also

• List of Israeli records in swimming

References

External links

• Zohar Shikler at FINA
• Zohar Shikler at SwimRankings.net
• Zohar Shikler at Olympics.com
• Zohar Shikler at Olympedia
• Zohar Shikler at the Olympic Committee of Israel (in Hebrew)
• Zohar Shikler on Facebook
• College Swimming bio
• Rio Olympic bio

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