Tal Stricker

Tal Stricker
Born	May 29, 1979 Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv
Nationality	Israel
Alma mater	Florida State University
Occupation	Olympic Swimmer

Tal Stricker (born May 29, 1979 in Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv) is a breaststroke swimmer from Israel, who competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

There he swam in three events. He won his preliminary heat in the 100m Breaststroke (1:03.99), but did not advance to the semifinals and officially placed 32nd.

Stricker also finished 32nd in the 200 m Breaststroke (2:19.33). He was a member of Israel's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Team, that finished in 5th place in the preliminary heat (3:43.39) and did not advance; they ended up 17th overall.

A breaststroke specialist, Stricker was a member of Israel's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Team that finished in 8th place (3:43.48) at the European LC Championships 2000 in Helsinki, Finland.

In 2000-2001, he was a freshman at Florida State University, finishing 9th in the 100 m Breaststroke in the 2001 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championship.

References

• Jews in Sports