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Full name | Yakov Yan Toumarkin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Israeli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Chelyabinsk, Russia |
15 February 1992 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | 100-meter backstroke and 200 m backstroke |
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Medal record
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Yakov Yan Toumarkin (born 15 February 1992) is an Israeli swimmer.
In July 2010, he won a gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke (55.20) and a bronze medal in the 200 m backstroke (2:01.14) at the 2010 European Junior Swimming Championships.
In August 2010, representing Israel at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, he won the silver medal in the Boys' 100-meter backstroke, finishing a tenth of a second behind the gold medalist at 55.28 seconds. He also won a silver medal in the Boys' 200 meter backstroke, at 1:59.39. It was the third-best-time ever for an Israeli, after times of Guy Barnea and Yoav Gat, and an Israeli youth record.
In November 2010, he set the Israeli short course (25 m) record in the 200 meter backstroke (1:53.46) at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
In July 2011, at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in the 200-meter backstroke in Shanghai, China, he set a new Israeli long course (50 m) swimming record (1:58.21 minutes). He said: "I managed to put all of the pressure out of my mind, and just pretended I was competing in a club competition in Israel."
He thereby qualified to represent Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.