Ziv Kalontarov

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Ziv Kalontarov
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Personal information
NicknameZu
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 (age 27)
Rishon LeZion, Israel
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Weight70 kg (154 lb) [1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes50 m and 100 m freestyle
CoachGary Kalontarov
Medal record
Swimming
Representing Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Baku 50 m freestyle

Ziv Kalontarov (also "Kalontorov", "Kaluntarov", and "Kalntrov"; Hebrew : זיו קלונטרוב; born 15 January 1997) is an Israeli Olympic swimmer and the reigning European Games champion in the 50 m freestyle. [2]

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In April 2015, Kalontarov won the International School Sport Federation (ISF) Swimming World Schools Championship in both the 50 m freestyle (in 22.39) and the 100 m freestyle (in 50.49) in Poznań, Poland. At the age of 18 representing Israel at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, he won a gold medal with a European Games record time of 22.16 in the 50 m freestyle and thereby won the European Junior Swimming Championships, on 27 June 2015. His time in the final established a new senior Israeli national swimming record in the 50 m freestyle. It qualified him to represent Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Biography

Kalontarov was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel, to parents Gary and Tatyana. [1] [3] He attended Makif Omer High School, and his nickname is "Zu". [1]

Swimming career

When Kalontarov was young, his mother Tatyana trained him, and his father Gary is now his coach. [4] [5] [6] He trains about 21 hours per week. [4]

In July 2014, he came in sixth in the European Junior Championships Men's 50 m freestyle, and 8th in the Men's 100 m freestyle. [7]

Kalontarov won the 2015 International School Sport Federation (ISF) Swimming World Schools Championship in both the 50 m freestyle (in 22.39) and the 100 m freestyle (in 50.49) in Poznań, Poland, on 19 April 2015. [4]

At the age of 18, Kalontarov represented Israel at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. [8] [9] He won a gold medal with a European Games record time of 22.16 in the 50 m freestyle and thereby won the European Junior Swimming Championships, on 27 June 2015, after also having the fastest times in both the heat and semi-final of the event. [8] [9] [10] [11] His time in the final established a new senior Israeli national swimming record in the 50 m freestyle, breaking the old record of 22.54 that he himself had set two months earlier, as well as a new personal record for Kalontarov and .16 of a second off the youth world record. [9] [12] [13] [14] [15] He also came in sixth in the 100 m freestyle final. [7] He was selected to carry the Israeli flag at the closing ceremony. [14]

The race result placed him in the top 20 in the world. [8] [16] It also qualified Kalontarov to represent Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which he did. [9] [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Baku 2015 1St European Games – Athletes – Kalontarov Ziv". Baku 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ "Men's 50 m freestyle; Final" [usurped] , baku2015.com, 27 June 2015
  3. ↑ Stan Ramati (September/October 2014) "Israeli Sports", Jewish Sports Review , Volume 9, Number 9, Issue 105, page 21
  4. 1 2 3 "Questions put to Selected World Champion Gold Medalists; Kalantarov, Ziv, Omer", Express Magazine, 19 April 2015
  5. ↑ וחקלאי, אהרוני (27 June 2015). "שחייה: זיו קלונטרוב אלוף אירופה לנוער ספורט". ynet (in Hebrew).
  6. ↑ "ליאוניד קאופמן: "זיו קלונטרוב יכול להגיע לגמר אולימפי" –". וואלה! ספורט (in Hebrew). 29 June 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Swimming – Ziv Kalontarov (Israel)". the-sports.org.
  8. 1 2 3 Craig Lord (27 June 2015). "Swimming News: Ziv Kalontarov, The Sprint Star Of David, Dominates The Dash In 22.1 At Baku Finale". swimvortex.com.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Israel add gold to medal march in Baku". The Jewish Chronicle. 28 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "Men's 50 m freestyle; Final; Results" [usurped] , baku2015.com, 27 June 2015
  11. ↑ Michael Pavitt (27 June 2015). "Eight-gold Russia complete Baku 2015 European Games swimming competition in style". insidethegames.biz.
  12. 1 2 Viva Sarah Press (29 June 2015). "Israelis win 12 medals at 2015 European Games". ISRAEL21c.
  13. ↑ Jared Anderson (27 June 2015). "Israel catching sprint fever with gold, nat'l record from Kalontarov". SwimSwam.
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