Jonatan Kopelev

Jonatan Kopelev (or Yehonatan, Hebrew: יהונתן קופלב‎; born 1 October 1991) is an Israeli swimmer. He competes in 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and 50 m backstroke. He won a gold medal in the 50 m backstroke at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships.

Jonatan Kopelev
Personal information
Nickname(s)Johnny[1]
NationalityIsrael
Born (1991-10-01) 1 October 1991
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubMaccabi Haifa

Early and personal life

Kopelev began swimming at age seven, at the Maccabi Haifa Carmel club.[1] He and his wife Monada live in Haifa, Israel.[1]

Swimming career

His club is Maccabi Haifa.[2] Kopelev competes in 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and 50 m backstroke.[3]

Kopelev won a gold medal in the 50 metre backstroke at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.[1] In doing so he became the first Israeli swimmer to win a gold medal at the European championships.[1] He qualified for the 2012 Olympics, swimming a 54.38 in the 100 m backstroke in a competition in Slovenia in June 2012, but was unable to compete in the Games due to an appendectomy.[4][5]

Kopelev came in eighth in the men’s 50 m backstroke at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, with a lifetime best of 24.73.[6]

In July 2016 he posted the fastest time in 2016 for the men’s 50 m backstroke with a time of 24.60, also setting a new Israeli record.[7]

In December 2018 Kopelev came in second in the 50 S backstroke in the Israel International Arena Winter Championship with a time of 24.25.[2]

Kopelev competed for Israel at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Jonatan Kopelev | fina.org - Official FINA website". www.fina.org.
  2. "Jonatan Kopelev | Swimcloud". www.swimcloud.com.
  3. "Swimming - Yssela Adiane Yilian Wee Erquiaga (Singapore)". www.the-sports.org.
  4. staff, T. O. I. "Israeli swimmers make finals in World Championships". www.timesofisrael.com.
  5. "Israel's Kopelev books London 2012 ticket". June 3, 2012.
  6. "European Championships Preview - Men's Backstroke". SwimSwam. August 14, 2014.
  7. "Kopelev Posts the Fastest 50 Backstroke of 2016". SwimSwam. July 28, 2016.
  8. "2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships: Day 7 Prelims Recap". SwimSwam. July 27, 2019.


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