Tomer Frankel

Tomer Frankel (Hebrew: תומר פרנקל; born 18 October 2000) is an Israeli swimmer. He competes in the 100 m butterfly, 100 m freestyle, 100 m medley, 200 m butterfly, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 50 m butterfly, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley, 4 × 100 m freestyle mixed, 4 × 200 m freestyle, and 4x50 m freestyle. He is the European junior champion in the 100 m freestyle and the 4 × 200 m freestyle (2018 Helsinki).

Tomer Frankel
Tomer Frankel, July 2018
Personal information
NationalityIsraeli
Born (2000-10-18) 18 October 2000
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbutterfly and freestyle
ClubHapoel Jerusalem
Medal record
European Junior Swimming Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Helsinki100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2018 Helsinki4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2016 Hódmezővásárhely4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2017 Netanya4×200 m freestyle

Swimming career

Frankel competes in the 100 m butterfly, 100 m freestyle, 100 m medley, 200 m butterfly, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 50 m butterfly, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley, 4 × 100 m freestyle mixed, 4 × 200 m freestyle, and 4x50 m freestyle.[1] His club is Hapoel Jerusalem.[2]

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, in the Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle.[1]

In June 2017, Frankel won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Junior Swimming Championships in Netanya, Israel, in the Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle.[1] He competed in the men's 200 m freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships the following month.[3][4]

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’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.[5][6] 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 4 × 200 m freestyle.[1] 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).[2]

In April 2019, at the 2019 Israel Cup he won the men's 200 m freestyle in a time of 1:48.40.[7] That same month he won a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly at the Stockholm Open.[8] 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.[5]

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.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Swimming - Tomer Frankel (Israel)". www.the-sports.org.
  2. "Frankel, Cheruti Down National Records at Israeli Championships". SwimSwam. 1 January 2019.
  3. "Heats results". FINA. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  4. "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  5. "18-Year-Old Tomer Frankel Lowers Israeli 100 Fly Record". SwimSwam. 21 June 2019.
  6. "Israel Breaks 4 National Records at 2018 Championships". SwimSwam. 9 May 2018.
  7. "Frankel and Loktev Swim 1:48s in 200 Free on Day 3 in Israel". SwimSwam. 6 April 2019.
  8. "Sjostrom Takes Over 1Fly World Rankings, Hosszu Clocks 4:33.0 4IM In Stockholm". SwimSwam. 13 April 2019.
  9. "Femke Heemskerk Qualifies For Tokyo In 50 & 100 Free From Amsterdam Cup". SwimSwam. 15 December 2019.
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