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Aviv Barzelay
Barzelay in 2019
Personal information
Full nameAviv Barzelay
Nationality Israel
Born (2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 (age 22)
Mitzpe Aviv, Israel[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
College teamTexas A&M University

Aviv Barzelay (Template:Lang-he; born 28 May 2002) is an Israeli Olympic swimmer.[2][3] She represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Women's 200m backstroke event, and came in 15th. At the 2023 LEN European U23 Championships, she won the silver medal in the 200 L back.

Early life

Barzelay was born and raised in Mitzpe Aviv, Israel, to a Jewish family.[1] Her parents are Mirit and Yuval.[1]

Early career

In July 2019, at the LEN European Junior Championships in Kazan, Russia, she came in 5th in the 200 L back, with a time of 2:12.01.[4] In August 2019, at the 7th FINA World Junior Championship in Budapest, Hungary, she came in 8th in the 200 L back with a time of 2:14.37.[5] In November 2019, she won the gold medal in the Kevin Perry Senior Invitational in La Mirada, California, in the 100 L back with a time of 1:03.50, and a bronze medal in the 100 Y back with a time of 55.32 against 231 competitors.[6] In December 2019, she won the silver medal in the Swim Cup Amsterdam in the Netherlands, in the 200 LCM back, with a time of 2:13.44, behind gold medal winner África Zamorano of Spain.[7]

In July 2020 in Netanya, Israel, she competed in the 2020 Coronavirus Days Competition. She swam the women’s 100m backstroke in a time of 59.42 in the short course race to wine the gold medal, becoming Israel’s first-ever youth swimmer to break the minute barrier, surpassing the previous national junior record of 1:00.15 that Anastasia Gorbenko had set in 2018.[8] In August 2020, she set a new Israeli national record in the women’s 200m back with a time of 2:06.97.[9]

In December 2020 she won the silver medal in the Rotterdam Qualification Meet in the Netherlands, in the 200 L with a time of 2:12.78, 0.83 seconds behind gold medal winner Lena Grabowski of Austria.[10]

2020 Tokyo Olympics

Barzelay was invited to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics after breaking the Israeli record in the 200-meter backstroke event in a championship in Rome, and achieving the FINA ‘B’ cut in the 200 backstroke.[11] She competed in the Women's 200m backstroke event, and swam it in 2:11.13, qualifying for the semi-finals, where she came in 15th with a time of 2:12.93.[3][12][13]

College years

She is a student at Texas A&M University, and a member of its swimming team.[13]

In April 2021 she won the bronze medal at the Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm in Sweden in the 200 back with a time of 2:10.86, 0.22 seconds behind silver medal winner Lena Grabowski of Austria.[14] In June 2021 at the Internazionali di Nuoto - 58 Settecolli in Rome, Italy, she won the silver medal in the 200 back with a time of 2:10.76, two seconds behind Italian former 3-time European champion Margherita Panziera.[15] She split 1:03.32/1:07.44, breaking the previous Israeli record of 2:10.86 established by Anastasia Gorbenko earlier in the year.[16]

In 2021–22, in her freshman year, at the NCAA Championships she finished sixth in the 200 back (1:53.77), and 17th in the 100 back (53.06), while also competing on the 200 and 400 medley relay teams at her first SEC Championships.[13] She had times of 50.52 in the 100 free, 1:49.99 in the 200 free, 54.10 in the 100 back, and 1:55.93 in the 200 back at the Art Adamson Invite.[13] She earned College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America honors.[13]

In May 2022 she competed at the Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona / Mare Nostrum in Sant Andreu, Spain, and won the bronze medal in the 200 L back with a time of 2:11.68.[17] That month she also competed at the Israel Swimming Cup in Netanya, and won the 200 backstroke in a 2:11.46.[18][19] In June 2022 she came in 9th at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in the 200 L back with a time of 2:10.42.[20] In August 2022 at the 2022 Israeli Summer Championships she won gold medals in the backstroke with times of 29.02 in the 50m, 1:01.62 in the 100m, and 2:12.39 in the 200m.[21]

In 2022–23, in her sophomore year, at the NCAA Championships in the 100 back she swam 53.45.[13] She had times of 1:48.21 in the 200 free and 1:52.91 in the 200 back at SEC Championships.[13]

Internationally, she competed at FINA World Championships, the 2023 Israeli Championships, and the LEN European Championships.[13] In June 2023 at the 2023 Israeli Championships, she won the women’s 100m back with a time of 1:01.91, and won the women’s 200m back in a time of 2:11.30.[22][23] At the LEN European U23 Championships in August 2023 in Dublin, Ireland, she won the silver medal in the 200L back with a time of 2:11.35, two seconds behind gold medal winner and former world championship bronze medalist Isabelle Stadden.[24]

In 2023–24, in her junior year, at the NCAA Championships she had a time of 53.28 in the 100 back.[13] In the 200 back she had a time of 1:52.89 and came in fifth at the SEC Championships.[13] She had times of 50.66 in the 100 free, 53.86 in the 100 back, and 1:54.61 in the 200 back at the Art Adamson Invite.[13]

In June 2024 at the 2024 Israeli Olympic Trials at the Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel, she qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics as she set a new personal best in the women’s 200m backstroke with a time of 2:09.63.[25]

Career highlights

Event[26][27] Time Medal Pool Length Age* Competition Comp Country Date
Women 100 Freestyle 50.52 - 25m Art Adamson Invitational USA 11/19/2021
Women 200 Freestyle 1:48.21 - 25m SEC Championships USA 2/16/2023
Women 50 Backstroke 28.98 - 25m LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships Scotland 12/7/2019
Women 100 Backstroke 53.06 - 25m SEC Championships (21-22) USA 2022
Women 200 Backstroke 1:52.89 - 25m SEC Championships USA 2/24/2024
Women 200 Medley 2:02.38 - 25m Texas A&M vs. Houston vs. Southern Methodist USA 2/25/2022
Women 50 Freestyle 26.97 - 50m Art Adamson Invitational USA 11/15/2023
Women 100 Freestyle 57.44 - 50m Israel National Summer Trial and Championships Israel 6/14/2021
Women 200 Freestyle 2:05.34 - 50m 2022 GU Aggieland April LC Invitational USA 4/23/2022
Women 50 Backstroke 29.35 50m Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona / Mare Nostrum Spain 5/25/2022
Women 100 Backstroke 1:01.61 50m TYR Pro Swim Series - San Antonio USA 4/1/2022
Women 200 Backstroke 2:10.42 50m 19th FINA World Championships Hungary 6/23/2022
Women 50 Butterfly 30.66 - 50m TYR Pro Swim Series Greensboro USA 11/9/2019
Women 200 Medley 2:21.99 Bronze 50m Israel Cup Israel 4/3/2019
Women 4x100 Medley Relay 4:14.63 - 50m - European Junior Swimming Championships 2019 Russia 7/5/2019

See also

References

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  6. ^ "CA RMDA Kevin Perry Senior Invitational". Swimcloud.
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  15. ^ "Internazionali di Nuoto - 58 Settecolli". Swimcloud.
  16. ^ Race, Retta (June 27, 2021). "Aviv Barzelay Takes Down Gorbenko 200 Back Israeli Record". SwimSwam.
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