Tomer Frankel

Israeli swimmer (born 2000)

Tomer Frankel

Tomer Frankel, July 2018

Personal information
Native name| תומר פרנקל
Nationality| Israeli
Born|  (2000-10-18) 18 October 2000 (age 24)
Jerusalem, Israel
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| butterfly and freestyle
Club| Hapoel Jerusalem
College team| Indiana University

Medal record

Men's swimming
Representing  Israel
European Junior Swimming Championships
| 2018 Helsinki | 100 m freestyle
| 2018 Helsinki | 4×200 m freestyle
| 2016 Hódmezővásárhely | 4×200 m freestyle
| 2017 Netanya | 4×200 m freestyle
NCAA Division I Swimming Championships
| 2024 Indianapolis | 100 y butterfly

Tomer Frankel (Hebrew: תומר פרנקל; born 18 October 2000) is an Israeli Olympic swimmer. He is the former European junior champion in the 100m freestyle and the 4 × 200m 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

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Frankel was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel, and his parents are Rafi and Bella Frankel.[1] He has a brother named Roi.[1] He graduated from high school with honors in biology.[1]

## Swimming career

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Frankel competes in the 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle, 100m medley, 200m butterfly, 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 50m butterfly, 4 × 100m freestyle, 4 × 100m medley, 4 × 100m freestyle mixed, 4 × 200m freestyle, and 4x50m freestyle.[2] His club is Hapoel Jerusalem.[3]

### 2016–17; two-time European Junior bronze medalist

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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 4 × 200m freestyle relay (7:23.03).[2][4]

In June 2017, Frankel won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Junior Swimming Championships in Netanya, Israel, in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay (7:19.57).[4][2] He competed in the 200m freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships the following month.[5][6]

### 2018–19; two-time European Junior Champion

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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.[7][8]

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 4 × 200 m freestyle relay (7:16.28).[2][4] In December 2018 he won, and set Israeli short course national records, at the 2018 Arena Israeli Swimming Championships in the 400m freestyle (in 3:42.86), the 200m freestyle (in 1:43.50), and the 200m butterfly (in 1:53.72).[3] That month at the Lausanne Swim Cup in Switzerland he won a silver medal in the 200 S free ( 1:44.33).[9]

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.[4] In April 2019, at the 2019 Israel Cup he won the 200m freestyle in a time of 1:48.40, along with a silver medal in the 100m butterfly (52.55), and a bronze medal in the 50m butterfly (24.11).[4][10] 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).[9][4][11] 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.[7] That month at the Israel Trials he won a gold medal in the 100m Butterfly (52.69), and a bronze medal in the 100m Freestyle (50.28).[4]

In July and August 2019 at the Israel Summer National Championships (50m), he won gold medals in the 100m Butterfly (52.43), 4x100m Freestyle Relay (3:21.80), and 4x200m Freestyle Relay (7:31.03), a silver medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay (3:58.13), and bronze medals in the 100m Freestyle (49.84) and the 50m Butterfly (24.01).[4] In December 2019, he met the 2020 Olympic qualifying standard of 51.96 in the 100m butterfly with splits of 24.29/27.63 in the 2019 Swim Cup Amsterdam, swimming a 51.92 as he won a gold medal.[12][4]

### 2020–21; Big Ten Champion

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In 2020-21 he was a freshman at Indiana University, and swam for the Indiana Hoosiers.[1] 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)

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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; Big Ten Champion and NCAA Championship silver medalist

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As a sophomore in 2021-22, 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 February 2022 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]

In March 2021 at the Central Zone Section 3 Spring Speedo Sectionals 2021 in the US he won a bronze medal in the 100m Freestyle with a time of 50.08.[4] In June 2021 at the Israel National Summer Trial and Championships he won a gold medal in the 100m Butterfly in a time of 51.81, and a silver medal in the 100m Freestyle in a time of 49.27.[4]

### 2022–23; Big Ten Champion and NCAA Championship bronze medalist

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As a junior in 2022-23, 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] In February 2023, at the Big Ten Conference Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he won a silver medal in the 100 Y fly (44.66), and a bronze medal in the 200 Y fly (1:40.97).[9] In March 2023 at the NCAA Division I Mens Championships in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he won a bronze medal in the 100 Y fly with a time of 44.04.[9]

In May 2022, he competed in the Israel Swimming Cup 2022, and won a gold medal in the 100m Freestyle with a time of 49.15, a silver medal in the 200m Freestyle with a time of 1:49.47, and a gold medal in the 100m Butterfly with a time of 52.69.[4] In June 2023, he competed in the Israel Adults Championships - Criteria Competition, and won a silver medal in the 100m Freestyle with a time of 48.18 (a personal best), a silver medal in the 200m Freestyle with a time of 1:46.90 (a personal best), a gold medal in the 50m Butterfly with a time of 23.48 (a personal best), and a silver medal in the 100m Butterfly with a time of 51.14 (a personal best).[4] In July 2023 at the World Aquatics Championships - Fukuoka 2023 he swam the 50 Freestyle in a time of 23.18 (a personal best), and the 50m Butterfly in a personal best 23.48.[4]

### 2024–present; Big Ten Champion and NCAA Championship silver medalist

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In March 2024 at the Big Ten Conference Championships in Columbus, Ohio, he won the gold medal in the 100 Y fly (44.32) and the silver medal in the 200 Y fly (1:39.80).[9] In May 2024 at the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, he won the silver medal in the 100 Y butterfly with a time of 43.85.[13]

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.[14]

## See also

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* List of Israeli records in swimming

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Tomer Frankel - Men's Swimming and Diving". Indiana University Athletics.
2. ^ a b c d "Swimming - Tomer Frankel (Israel)". the-sports.org.
3. ^ a b Torrey Hart (1 January 2019). "Frankel, Cheruti Down National Records at Israeli Championships". SwimSwam.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Tomer FRANKEL | Results | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics.
5. ^ "Heats results". FINA. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
6. ^ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
7. ^ a b Retta Race (21 June 2019). "18-Year-Old Tomer Frankel Lowers Israeli 100 Fly Record". SwimSwam.
8. ^ Braden Keith (9 May 2018). "Israel Breaks 4 National Records at 2018 Championships". SwimSwam.
9. ^ a b c d e "Tomer Frankel". Swimcloud. 27 March 2024.
10. ^ Braden Keith (6 April 2019). "Frankel and Loktev Swim 1:48s in 200 Free on Day 3 in Israel". SwimSwam.
11. ^ Retta Race (13 April 2019). "Sjostrom Takes Over 1Fly World Rankings, Hosszu Clocks 4:33.0 4IM in Stockholm". SwimSwam.
12. ^ Retta Race (15 December 2019). "Femke Heemskerk Qualifies For Tokyo In 50 & 100 Free From Amsterdam Cup". SwimSwam.
13. ^ "Tomer Frankel," Swimcloud.
14. ^ "Frankel Earns Second Olympics". Indiana University Athletics. 11 June 2024.

## External links

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* Tomer Frankel at World Aquatics
* Tomer Frankel at Swimrankings.net
* Tomer Frankel at SwimCloud.com
* Tomer Frankel at Olympics.com
* Tomer Frankel at Olympedia
* Tomer Frankel at the Olympic Committee of Israel (archived) (in Hebrew)
* Tomer Frankel on Instagram