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Zohar Shikler

Zohar Shikler is an Israeli swimmer and Israeli national record holder who competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

born 1997Israeli 50 m freestyle recordCompeting at the 2016 OlympicsIsraeli swimming championships

Born: 8 July 1997
Occupation: swimmer

Zohar Shikler was born in 1997

Zohar Hen Shikler was born on 8 July 1997. She has 3 siblings who are also swimmers. She attended the private Roy Kariv high school in Tel Aviv.

She began swimming at age 6. She trained with Maccabi Kiryat Ono, Bnei Herzliya and Hapoel Dolphin Netanya, and later with Maccabi Kfar Hamaccabiah under coach Felix Rubinstein.

In 2013 she placed 12th in the 50 m freestyle at the European Youth Championships and won the Israeli title in that event. In February 2014 she set an Israeli record of 25.47 in the 50 m freestyle. In 2015 she swam at the World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, and in December she set a national record of 24.80 at the European Short Course Championships.

In April 2016 she qualified for the Olympics with a time of 25.18. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, her women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team finished 16th.