Michael Halika

Medal record
Men's Swimming
Representing  Israel
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Athens 400 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 1999 Istanbul 400 m medley
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Lisbon 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Valencia 400 m medley
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1997 Catania 400 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1999 Mallorca 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Daegu 400 m medley
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place1997 Israel800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1997 Israel400 m medley
Gold medal – first place2005 Israel400 m medley

Michael "Mickey" Halika (Hebrew: מיכאל "מיקי" חליקה; born November 11, 1978, in Jerusalem) is a former Israeli swimmer.

Swimming career

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

  1. ""For the Record." Times, 13 July 1996, p. 51". Times Digital Archive.
  2. ""For the Record." Times, 9 July 1999, p. 49". Times Digital Archive.
  3. "19th Maccabiah Games - One". yumpu.com.
  4. "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  5. "YOG BA 2018: Gorbenko, a golden milestone for Israel". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation.
  6. "Complete Results of Maccabiah Games Swimming". July 19, 2005.
  7. "Maccabiah Games - Meet Results - Swimming World". www.swimmingworldmagazine.com.
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