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Tomer Frankel

b. 2000

Israeli swimmer

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Born 2000. Tomer Frankel is an Israeli swimmer.

Tomer Frankel (; born 18 October 2000) is an Israeli Olympic swimmer. He is the former European junior champion in the 100m freestyle and the freestyle (2018 Helsinki), and competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Frankel represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 100 metre freestyle, 100 metre butterfly, 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, and 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.

Early life Frankel was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel, and his parents are Rafi and Bella Frankel. He has a brother named Roi. His club is Hapoel Jerusalem.

2016–17; two-time European Junior bronze medalist In July 2016, at 15 years of age, he won a bronze medal at the 2016 European Junior Swimming Championships in Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary, in the freestyle relay (7:23.03).

In June 2017, Frankel won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Junior Swimming Championships in Netanya, Israel, in the freestyle relay (7:19.57).

2018–19; two-time European Junior Champion In May 2018, at 17 years of age, Frankel won and set Israeli records in the 100m butterfly (in 52.25; breaking Alon Mandel’s record set in 2009) and the 200m freestyle (in 1:47.15; breaking Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or's record set in 2008) at the 2018 Israel Cup.

In July 2018, Frankel won gold medals in at the 2018 European Junior Swimming Championships in Helsinki, Finland, in both the 100m freestyle (49.23) and the freestyle relay (7:16.28).

In March 2019 he won a bronze medal at the Meeting International FFN - Golden Tour in Marseille, France, in the 200m Freestyle in a time of 1:49.12. That same month he won a silver medal in the 50 L butterfly (24.36), and a bronze medal in the 100m butterfly at the Stockholm Open (52.87). In June 2019 Frankel set a new Israeli national record in the 100m butterfly, at 52.16, at the 2019 Sette Colli Trophy in Rome, Italy.

Frankel represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 100 metre freestyle, 100 metre butterfly, 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, and 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.

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Israeli swimmer

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Tomer Frankel was born on 18 October 2000 in Jerusalem.

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Tomer Frankel is a swimmer.

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