Matan Roditi
 Roditi in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matan Roditi |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Born | 6 October 1998 |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Israel |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Event(s) | 10 kilometre marathon |
| Club | K Swim (Los Angeles)[1] |
| Coached by | Amir Ofer[1] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | 4th (2021) |
Matan Roditi (Hebrew: מתן רודיטי; born 6 October 1998) is an Israeli Olympic marathon swimmer.[2] His 4th place at the 2020 Olympics is the closest Israel has gone to an Olympic medal in swimming.
Career[]
Roditi represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 10km swim marathon.[2][3][4]
Roditi finished in 4th place. Roditi finished with a time of 1:49:24.9 finishing 23.8 seconds behind bronze medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri (1:49:01.1) of Italy, silver medalist Kristóf Rasovszky (1:48:59.0) of Hungary ,and gold medalist Florian Wellbrock (1:48:33.7) of Germany.
To date, his swim is the closest the state of Israel has gotten to earning an Olympic medal in the sport of swimming.[5]
Career highlights[]
| Event[6] | Time | Medal | Pool Length | Age* | Competition | Comp Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men 200 Freestyle | 01:50.30 | - | 25m | 21 | Israel National Winter Championships (25m) | Israel | 28/12/2019 |
| Men 400 Freestyle | 03:46.64 | - | 25m | 21 | Israel National Winter Championships (25m) | Israel | 25/12/2019 |
| Men 800 Freestyle | 08:11.31 | - | 25m | 22 | Israel Swimming Cup 2021 | Israel | 01/04/2021 |
| Men 1500 Freestyle | 14:53.12 | - | 25m | 21 | Israel National Winter Championships (25m) | Israel | 27/12/2019 |
| Men 200 Backstroke | 02:03.45 | - | 25m | 21 | Israel National Winter Championships (25m) | Israel | 25/12/2019 |
| Men 50 Freestyle | 27.93 | - | 50m | 22 | Toyota US Open 2020 | USA | 13/11/2020 |
| Men 100 Freestyle | 57.37 | - | 50m | 22 | Toyota US Open 2020 | USA | 13/11/2020 |
| Men 200 Freestyle | 01:53.66 | - | 50m | 20 | Israel Summer National Championships (50m) | Israel | 03/08/2019 |
| Men 400 Freestyle | 03:53.65 | Silver | 50m | 20 | Israel Summer National Championships (50m) | Israel | 31/07/2019 |
| Men 800 Freestyle | 08:04.48 | Gold | 50m | 20 | Israel Summer National Championships (50m) | Israel | 30/07/2019 |
| Men 1500 Freestyle | 15:20.69 | - | 50m | 21 | USA Winter National Championships (50m) | USA | 07/12/2019 |
| Men 5 km | 55:13.20 | - | - | 18 | 17th FINA World Championships 2017 | Hungary | 15/07/2017 |
| Men 10 km | 1:48:59.60 | - | - | 20 | 18th FINA World Championships 2019 | Korea | 16/07/2019 |
| Mixed Team | - | - | - | 20 | 18th FINA World Championships 2019 | Korea | 18/07/2019 |
| Men 10 km | 1:49:24.9 | - | - | 22 | 2020 Tokyo Olympics | Japan | 05/08/2021 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Marathon Swimming RODITI Matan - Tokyo 2020 Olympics".
- ^ a b "Marathon Swimming RODITI Matan - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Bachner, Michael. "Full schedule for Israel's athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
- ^ "FINA Releases List of 50 Confirmed Open Water Swimmers for Tokyo Olympics". SwimSwam. 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
- ^ "Narrowly missing bronze, Israel's Matan Roditi comes 4th in 10 km Olympic swim". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
- ^ "Matan RODITI | Results | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
External links[]
- Matan Roditi at FINA
- Matan Roditi at SwimRankings.net
- Matan Roditi at the Olympic Committee of Israel (in Hebrew)
- Matan Roditi at Olympedia
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