Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or

Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or
נמרוד שפירא בר אור

Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or in 2012
Personal information
Full name Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or
National team  Israel
Born (1989-04-25) April 25, 1989
Jerusalem, Israel
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
College team University of Arizona

Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or (Hebrew: נמרוד שפירא בר אור‎‎; born April 25, 1989) is an Israeli swimmer.

He and Arab-Israeli Olympic swimming hopeful Jowan Qupty were high school roommates and best friends. He won a silver medal in the 200 meter freestyle, and a bronze medal in the 400 meter freestyle, at the 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships. He won a silver medal in the 100 meter freestyle at the 2009 Maccabiah Games.

Shapira Bar-Or represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100 meter and 200 meter freestyle, and has qualified to represent Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Shapira Bar-Or is Jewish, and his hometown is Jerusalem, Israel.[1][2][3] Although he played basketball for a top Israeli junior team, a knee injury that he suffered at 11 years of age led him to shift his focus to swimming.[4]

Swimming career

High school

Shapira Bar-Or and fellow Israeli swimmer Jowan Qupty, who is a Christian Israeli Arab, had known each other when they were children, and swum together for the Jerusalem United swim club in Israel.[5][6] They attended The Bolles School, in Jacksonville, Florida, together.[3][7] There they were roommates for two years, swim team teammates, and became best friends.[5][6][8][9][10] Qupty's father, commenting on the friendship and teamwork between his Christian Arab Israeli son and his son's Jewish Israeli roommate/teammate, said: "Just to see them together after the race jumping and hugging each other; they were so happy. I was looking at them through my tears. Coming from our part of the world, you don't see that."[10] The younger Qupty observed that "people were amazed all the time" that he – a Palestinian – and a Jew could coexist, and Shapira Bar-Or said: "It shows how simple the situation is. If I can live with a Palestinian guy, I'm sure in our country we can live with a couple millions of Palestinians and Israelis together."[6]

In November 2006, he won the 200 yard freestyle (1:38.37) at the Florida State 1A Championships, and was runner-up in the 500 yard freestyle.[11][12][13] He was named Times-Union 2006 Florida All-First Coast Swimmer of the Year.[4][12]

College

After high school, Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or attended the University of Arizona, where he majors in Management Information and Systems in the Eller College of Management.[3] In 2009, he was a silver medalist at the NCAA Championships at College Station, Texas as part of the Arizona Wildcats 800 free relay team (6:11.82), and in 2010, he was a bronze medalist in the same event in Columbus, Ohio.[3][14] He was honored as a member of the Pac-10 All-Academic First Team.[3] He was named the Counsilman-Hunsaker National Collegiate Swimmer-of-the-Week on November 17, 2010, and again honored in 2011 as a member of the Pac-10 All-Academic First Team.[3][15] His fastest times in college competitions, through March 2011, were 19.92 in the 50 yard freestyle (2010), 42.37 in the 100 y freestyle (2011), 46.44 in the 100 y fly (2010), 1:33.50 in the 200 y freestyle (2010), 1:43.71 in the 200 y fly (2010), and 1:44.85 in the 200 y IM (2011).[16]

European Junior Championships

In July 2007, he won a silver medal at the European Junior Swimming Championships in the 200 m freestyle (1.50.36), in Antwerp, Belgium.[17] He finished behind Mikhail Polischuk of Russia. He also won a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle (3:54.83).[18][19]

Israeli national championships and records

In August 2007, he won a gold medal in the 400 m freestyle (3:55.23), and established the Israeli 18-and-under national record in the 200 m freestyle (1:50.06) at the Israeli Summer National Championships.[20][21]

In March 2008, he swam on the team that set a new Israeli record in the 4×200 meter freestyle relay, at 7:20.87, at the 2008 European Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.[22] In July 2008, he set a new Israeli record in the 200 meter freestyle, at 1:48.76 at the Croatian Open Championships in Dubrovnik, Croatia.[23] He broke his own national record in the 200 meter freestyle the next month at the Olympics.[24]

In July 2009, he set a new Israeli record in the 100 meter freestyle, at 48.93, at the World Championships in Rome, Italy.[25] Also at the 2009 World Championships, he swam on the team that set a new Israeli record in the 4×100 meter medley relay, at 3:36.23.[26]

In August 2009, he won gold medals in the 50 m (22.75; surpassing the 14-year-old former record of 22.79 established by Yoav Bruck), 100 m (49.49), 200 m (1:49.36), and 400 m freestyle races at the Israeli Summer National Championships at Wingate Institute in Netanya.[27][28][29][30] In July 2010, he won gold medals in the 50 m, 100 m (49.89), 200 m, and 400 m freestyle races at the Israeli Long Course National Championships.[31]

Olympics

Shapira Bar-Or competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.[32] In the 100 meter freestyle he swam a 49.10 (a national record) and came in 26th, and in the 200 meter freestyle he swam a 1:47.78 (also a national record) in the first heat, and a 1:48.16 in the semi-finals, coming in 15th.[33] He was the first Israeli swimmer to compete in an Olympic semi-finals.[3]

He competed on behalf of Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London.[34]

Maccabiah Games

He won a silver medal in the 100 m freestyle (49.02; behind Jason Lezak, and a new Israeli record) at the July 2009 Maccabiah Games.[35][36]

References

  1. ↑ "Israeli Sports". Jewish Sports Review. 8 (87): 21. September/October 2011, accessed September 16, 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help);
  2. ↑ "Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries". Jewishinstlouis.org. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or". Arizonawildcats.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  4. 1 2 David Johnson (December 21, 2006). "All-First Coast Swimming Teams: Shapira Bar-Or switches from free throws to freestyle". The Florida Times Union. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  5. 1 2 Francine King (December 24, 2007). "Rising to the challenge". The Florida Times Union. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 Patrick Finley (March 22, 2010). "Israeli finds peace in, out of pool". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  8. ↑ David Johnson (December 21, 2006). "All-First Coast Swimming Teams: Shapira Bar-Or switches from free throws to freestyle". The Florida Times Union. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  9. ↑ Francine King (October 20, 2006). "Bolles sweeps boys, girls". The Florida Times Union. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  10. 1 2 Dan Scanlan (April 21, 2007). "Swim team shows unity exists in unlikely places". The Florida Times Union. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  11. ↑ Jason Marsteller (November 9, 2006). "National Independent School Record Falls at Florida Meets". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  12. 1 2 Francine King (September 18, 2007). "High school swimming and diving watch". The Florida Times Union. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  13. ↑ "In for the long haul". Herald Tribune. December 24, 2006. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  14. ↑
  15. ↑ "Shapira Bar-Or Garners National Swimmer Award". Collegeswimming.com. November 17, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  16. ↑ "Nimrod Shapira bar-or Overview". Collegeswimming.com. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  17. ↑ "Sports Shorts". Haaretz. July 23, 2007. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  18. ↑ Oene Rusticus (July 23, 2007). "Lizzie Simmonds Tears Up Final Day of European Junior Championships". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  19. ↑ Oene Rusticus (July 18, 2007). "Records for Yuliya Efimova and Daniel Gyurta During First Day of European Junior Championships". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  20. ↑ Buky Chass (August 9, 2007). "Two More National Records Wiped Out at Israeli Summer Nationals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  21. ↑ Buky Chass (August 7, 2007). "Israeli Summer Nationals Get Going With Women's 100 Breast National Record by Nastia Korotkov". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  22. ↑ "Summary Relay" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  23. ↑ "Croatian Open Championships: Several More National Records Tumble". Swimming World Magazine. July 14, 2008. Archived from the original on September 13, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  24. ↑ "Beijing: Swimmer Nimrod Shapira-Bar Or sets new Israeli record". Ynetnews.com. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  25. ↑ לגל נבו בדרך לחצי הגמר ברומא – ספורט (in Hebrew). Ynet. July 29, 2009. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  26. ↑ "Men's 4x 100m Medley Relay; 13th FINA World Championships; July 17 – August 2, 2009; Rome (ITA)" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  27. ↑ Buky Chass (August 8, 2009). "Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or, Yulia Banech Named Outstanding Swimmers at Israeli Summer Nationals; Shapira Bar-Or Breaks Longest Standing Israeli Record". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  28. ↑ Buky Chass (August 7, 2009). "Yulia Banech Downs Another Israeli Record". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  29. ↑ Buky Chass (August 6, 2009). "Yulia Banech Lowers Israeli Record at Summer Nationals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  30. ↑ "Sports Shorts". Haaretz. August 9, 2009. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  31. ↑ Buky Chass (July 27, 2010). "Israel Long Course Nationals: Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or Wins Four, Amit Ivry Tops Three". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  32. ↑ "Israel at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  33. ↑ "Nimrod Shapira Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  34. ↑ "Israel swimmer Gal Nevo qualifies for 2012 London Summer Olympics; Nevo becomes second Israeli to qualify for 2012 Olympics, joining Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or.". Haaretz. July 27, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  35. ↑ "USA Sectionals, Maccabiah Games, World Championships Results on The Morning Swim Show News Segment". Swimming World Magazine. July 20, 2009. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  36. ↑ Talshir, Uri (November 4, 2011). "Lezak, Barnea easily demolish swimming records". Haaretz. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
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