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, July 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Israeli | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 October 2000 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | butterfly and freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hapoel Jerusalem | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life edit
Frankel's parents are Rafi and Bella Frankel.[1] He has a brother named Roi.[1] His hometown is Jerusalem, Israel.[1]
Swimming career edit
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.[2] His club is Hapoel Jerusalem.[3]
2016-17; two-time European Junior bronze medalist edit
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.[2]
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.[2] He competed in the men's 200 m freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships the following month.[4][5]
2018-19; two-time European Junior Champion edit
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.[6][7] 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.[2] 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).[3]
In April 2019, at the 2019 Israel Cup he won the men's 200 m freestyle in a time of 1:48.40.[8] That same month he won a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly at the Stockholm Open.[9] 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.[6]
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.[10]
2020-21 edit
In 2020-21 he was a freshman at Indiana University. He was an All-American in all seven events.[1] He was First-team All-Big Ten, the Big Ten Champion in the 100-yard butterfly (44.91), 200 freestyle relay (1:16.24, 19.42), and 400 free relay (2:49.20, 42.68), and a bronze medalist in the 200 free (1:33.27), 800 free relay (6:16.12, 1:33.17), and 200 medley relay (1:23.35, 20.13) at the Big Ten Championships. [1]
2020 Tokyo Olympics (2021) edit
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, he finished 21st in the 100-meter butterfly (51.99) , and helped Israel finish 10th and break its national record in the 800-meter freestyle relay (7:08.65), splitting 1:48.19.[1]
2021-22 edit
As a sophomore, he was an All-American and Big Ten medalist in all six events, including three first-team performances, was first team All-Big-Ten, and was Academic All-Big-Ten.[1] He was a silver medalist at the NCAA Championships in the 400 yard medley relay (3:00.76) with a 44.19 butterfly split.[1] He was Big Ten Champion in the 800 free relay (6:11.96, 1:32.74) and 400 medley relay (3:00.95, 44.55).[1] He was also conference runner-up in the 200-yard free (1:33.02), 100-yard fly (44.81), 400 free relay (2:47.96, 42.19), and 200 medley relay (1:22.51, 19.78).[1]
2022-23 edit
As a junior, he was First-team All-American, first-team All-Big Ten, Academic All-Big Ten, and Big Ten medalist in six events.[1] He was the only swimmer in the nation to finish in the top-five in both the 100-yard and 200-yard fly.[1] He was Big Ten Champion in the 400 free relay (2:48.11, 42.12 split), 800 free relay (6:10.80, 1:33.33), and 400 medley relay (3:01.53, 44.42).[1] He was a silver medalist in the 100 fly at the Big Ten Championships, and a bronze medalist in the 200 fly (1:40.97) and 200 medley relay (1:23.52, 19.89 split).[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Tomer Frankel - Men's Swimming and Diving". Indiana University Athletics.
- ^ a b c d "Swimming - Tomer Frankel (Israel)". www.the-sports.org.
- ^ a b "Frankel, Cheruti Down National Records at Israeli Championships". SwimSwam. 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Heats results". FINA. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ a b "18-Year-Old Tomer Frankel Lowers Israeli 100 Fly Record". SwimSwam. 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Israel Breaks 4 National Records at 2018 Championships". SwimSwam. 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Frankel and Loktev Swim 1:48s in 200 Free on Day 3 in Israel". SwimSwam. 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Sjostrom Takes Over 1Fly World Rankings, Hosszu Clocks 4:33.0 4IM In Stockholm". SwimSwam. 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Femke Heemskerk Qualifies For Tokyo In 50 & 100 Free From Amsterdam Cup". SwimSwam. 15 December 2019.
External links edit
- Tomer Frankel at World Aquatics
- Tomer Frankel at SwimRankings.net
- Tomer Frankel at Olympedia
- Tomer Frankel at the Olympic Committee of Israel (in Hebrew)
- Tomer Frankel at The-Sports.org
- Tomer Frankel at SwimCloud.com
- Tomer Frankel on Instagram
