Michael Halika
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Swimming | ||
Representing  Israel
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| World Championships (SC) | ||
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2000 Athens | 400 m medley |
| European Championships (LC) | ||
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1999 Istanbul | 400 m medley |
| European Championships (SC) | ||
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1999 Lisbon | 400 m medley |
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2000 Valencia | 400 m medley |
| Summer Universiade | ||
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1997 Catania | 400 m medley |
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1999 Mallorca | 400 m medley |
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2003 Daegu | 400 m medley |
| Maccabiah Games | ||
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1997 Israel | 800 m freestyle |
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1997 Israel | 400 m medley |
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2005 Israel | 400 m medley |
Michael "Mickey" Halika (Hebrew: מיכאל "מיקי" חליקה; born November 11, 1978, in Jerusalem) is a former Israeli swimmer.
Swimming career
[edit]Despite being of Israeli nationality he won the 400 metres medley titles in 1996 and 1999 at the ASA National British Championships.[1][2]
At the 1997 Maccabiah Games, he won gold medals in 800 m freestyle and 400 m medley in the juniors.[3]
He competed in three events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia as a member of the Israeli swimming team.[4]
In 2000 in Athens he won a bronze medal in the 400 IM at the FINA Short Course World Championships.[5] In 2003 he won bronze in the 400 IM at the Summer Universiade in South Korea.
At the 2005 Maccabiah Games, he won a gold medal in the 400 m medley, setting a Maccabiah record.[6]
At the 2009 Maccabiah Games, he won a gold medal in the 200 m individual medley.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 13 July 1996, p. 51". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 9 July 1999, p. 49". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "19th Maccabiah Games - One". yumpu.com.
- ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ "YOG BA 2018: Gorbenko, a golden milestone for Israel". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation.
- ^ "Complete Results of Maccabiah Games Swimming". July 19, 2005.
- ^ "Maccabiah Games - Meet Results - Swimming World". www.swimmingworldmagazine.com.
External links
[edit]- Michael Halika at World Aquatics
- Michael Halika at SwimRankings.net
- Michael Halika at Olympics.com
- Michael Halika at Olympedia
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Israeli Jews
- Israeli male swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Israel
- Israeli male medley swimmers
- Israeli male butterfly swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Jewish swimmers
- Maccabiah Games medalists in swimming
- Competitors at the 1997 Maccabiah Games
- Competitors at the 2005 Maccabiah Games
- Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games
- Sportspeople from Jerusalem
- Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Israel
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Israel
- Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century Israeli sportsmen