Björn Zikarsky
German swimmer
Björn Zikarsky (born 1967) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany , who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia .[ 1] He did so alongside Christian Tröger , his twin brother Bengt Zikarsky and Mark Pinger . He also competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for West Germany.
Zikarsky lives between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast of Australia. He has 4 kids with Kylie, a former Elite Surf Lifesaving Competitor and Ironwoman competitor: Ruben, Jade, Lennox, and Rocco . Rocco, who stands 7'3", in 2023 at age 16 became a professional basketball player in the NBL for the Brisbane Bullets and aims to play in the NBA once eligible.
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1962: France: (Gottvallès , Curtillet , Christophe , Gropaiz )
1966: East Germany: (Wiegand , Poser , Gregor , Sommer )
1970: Soviet Union: (Bure , Mazanov , Kulikov , Ilyichov )
1974: West Germany: (Steinbach , Schiller , Meier , Nocke )
1977: West Germany: (Steinbach , Schmidt , Könnecker , Nocke )
1981: Soviet Union: (Shemetov , Salnikov , Chayev , Koplyakov )
1983: Soviet Union: (Smiryagin , Krasyuk , Tkacenko , Markovsky )
1985: West Germany: (Schowtka , Fahrner , Korthals , Gross )
1987: East Germany: (Richter , Flemming , Zesner , Lodziewski )
1989: West Germany: (Sitt , Schadt , Zikarsky , Zikarsky )
1991: Soviet Union: (Khnykin , Prigoda , Tayanovich , Popov )
1993: Russia: (Predkin , Pyshnenko , Sadovyi , Popov )
1995: Russia: (Predkin , Shchegolev , Yegorov , Popov )
1997: Russia: (Popov , Yegorov , Pimankov , Pyshnenko )
1999: Netherlands: (Kenkhuis , Veens , Wouda , Van den Hoogenband )
2000: Russia: (Pimankov , Chernyshyov , Kapralov , Popov )
2002: Germany: (Conrad , Herbst , Spanneberg , Kunzelmann )
2004: Italy: (Vismara , Galenda , Vassanelli , Magnini )
2006: Italy: (Calvi , Galenda , Vismara , Magnini )
2008: Sweden: (Piehl , Nystrand , Stymne , Persson )
2010: Russia: (Lagunov , Grechin , Lobintsev , Izotov )
2012: France: (Leveaux , Bernard , Bousquet , Stravius )
2014: France: (Metella , Gilot , Manaudou , Stravius )
2016: France: (Meynard , Manaudou , Gilot , Mignon )
2018: Russia: (Rylov , Izotov , Morozov , Kolesnikov )
2020: Russia: (Minakov , Shchegolev , Grinev , Kolesnikov )
2022: Italy: (Miressi , Ceccon , Zazzeri , Frigo )
2024: Serbia: (Stjepanović , Aćin , Cvetkov , Barna )