Post by Admin on Jul 19, 2021 18:57:07 GMT
Israel to Send Record Number of Swimmers to Tokyo Olympics
Israel has announced its largest-ever Olympic swimming team for the 2021 Games, bringing 12 pool swimmers, one open water swimmer and two artistic swimmers to Tokyo.
For Rio 2016, Israel brought seven pool swimmers, and at the previous Games in London, it brought four.
Headlining the pool swimming roster is 17-year-old rising star Anastasia Gorbenko, who will make her Olympic debut, and 29-year-old veteran Yakov Toumarkin, who will attend his third straight Games.
Gorbenko has been on a tear over the last few years, and is riding high after winning gold in the women’s 200 individual medley at the European Championships in May.
Toumarkin, who has three individual LC European Championship medals to his name and was an Olympic finalist in the 200 backstroke in London, will also be one of Israel’s two flag bearers at the Opening Ceremonies.
Joining Toumarkin in Tokyo from the 2016 Olympic team will be Andi Murez, a Stanford alumna who specializes in the women’s sprint freestyle events. Aviv Barzelay, a Texas A&M commit, will be the third female on the team, having been added after achieving the FINA ‘B’ cut in the 200 backstroke.
Also qualifying to swim individually in Tokyo were Indiana University’s Tomer Frankel, Stanford commit Ron Polonsky, Michigan commit Gal Cohen Groumi and Israeli record holders Meiron Cheruti, Denis Loktev and Michael Laitarovsky.
South Carolina’s Itay Goldfaden and Arizona’s Daniel Namir were added as relay-only swimmers, with Israel qualified to swim the men’s 4×200 free and the mixed 4×100 medley relays in Tokyo. (The women also qualified to swim the 4×200, but dropped the event.)
FULL ISRAELI POOL SWIMMING ROSTER
Aviv Barzelay
Anastasia Gorbenko
Andi Murez
Meiron Cheruti
Tomer Frankel
Itay Goldfaden
Gal Cohen Groumi
Israel has announced its largest-ever Olympic swimming team for the 2021 Games, bringing 12 pool swimmers, one open water swimmer and two artistic swimmers to Tokyo.
For Rio 2016, Israel brought seven pool swimmers, and at the previous Games in London, it brought four.
Headlining the pool swimming roster is 17-year-old rising star Anastasia Gorbenko, who will make her Olympic debut, and 29-year-old veteran Yakov Toumarkin, who will attend his third straight Games.
Gorbenko has been on a tear over the last few years, and is riding high after winning gold in the women’s 200 individual medley at the European Championships in May.
Toumarkin, who has three individual LC European Championship medals to his name and was an Olympic finalist in the 200 backstroke in London, will also be one of Israel’s two flag bearers at the Opening Ceremonies.
Joining Toumarkin in Tokyo from the 2016 Olympic team will be Andi Murez, a Stanford alumna who specializes in the women’s sprint freestyle events. Aviv Barzelay, a Texas A&M commit, will be the third female on the team, having been added after achieving the FINA ‘B’ cut in the 200 backstroke.
Also qualifying to swim individually in Tokyo were Indiana University’s Tomer Frankel, Stanford commit Ron Polonsky, Michigan commit Gal Cohen Groumi and Israeli record holders Meiron Cheruti, Denis Loktev and Michael Laitarovsky.
South Carolina’s Itay Goldfaden and Arizona’s Daniel Namir were added as relay-only swimmers, with Israel qualified to swim the men’s 4×200 free and the mixed 4×100 medley relays in Tokyo. (The women also qualified to swim the 4×200, but dropped the event.)
FULL ISRAELI POOL SWIMMING ROSTER
Aviv Barzelay
Anastasia Gorbenko
Andi Murez
Meiron Cheruti
Tomer Frankel
Itay Goldfaden
Gal Cohen Groumi