Shelly Bobritsky

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Shelly Brobitsky
שלי בובריצקי
Personal information
NationalityIsraeli
Born (2001-06-27) 27 June 2001 (age 22)
Sport
SportArtistic swimming
EventDuet
Coached bySvetlana Blecher and Anna Tres [1]

Shelly Bobritsky (שלי בובריצקי; born 27 June 2001) is an Israeli Olympic swimmer who competes in artistic swimming.[2] She competed in the 2020 Olympics in duet, was the European Champion in the free combination event in 2023, and was a three-time European medalist as well as a two-time European Cup bronze medalist.[3] Bobritsky will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in artistic swimming-duet with Ariel Nassee on August 9 and 10, 2024.

Career[edit]

2018–21[edit]

In March 2018, at 16 years of age, at the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2018 in France, she won a bronze medal in the Women Team Highlight.[4]

In May 2018 at the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2018 in Hungary, she won a silver medal in the Women Team Highlight, and bronze medals in the Women Team Free and the Women Team Free Combination.[4]

In March 2019 at the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2019 in France, she won a silver medal in the Women Team Free Combination, and bronze medals in the Women Team Free, Women Team Highlight, and Women Team Technical.[4]

In April 2019 at the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2019 in Greece, she won a gold medal in the Women Team Free Combination and a bronze medal in the Women Team Free.[4]

In 2020 at the French Open artistic swimming championship in Paris, Bobritsky and Eden Blecher ranked fifth overall in the free duet and seventh in the technical duet.[5]

On April 11, 2021, at the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2021 in Hungary, she won bronze medals in the Women Duet Free, the Women Duet Technical, and the Women Team Free.[4]

2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics (in 2021)[edit]

In August 2021, Bobritsky represented Israel with Eden Blecher in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Women's duet artistic swimming.[6] They finished in 15th position and did not advance to the finals.[2][7][8]

2022–24[edit]

In April 2022 at the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2022 in France, she won a gold medal in the Women Team Free Combination, a silver medal in the Women Duet Free, and bronze medals in the Women Team Technical, Women Team Free, and Women Duet Technical.[4]

In May 2022 at the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2022 in Austria, she won a gold medal in the Mixed Team Free Combination, silver medals in the Women Duet Free, Women Team Free, and Women Duet Technical, and a bronze medal in the Women Team Technical.[4]

Later in May 2022 at the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2022 - Super Final in Greece, she won a gold medal in the Women Team Free, silver medals in the Mixed Team Free Combination and the Women Team Technical, and bronze medals in the Women Duet Free and the Mixed Team Highlight/Acrobatic.[4]

In March 2023 at the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup in Markham, Canada, Bobritsky and Ariel Nassee won the Women's Duet Technical gold medal, and she won a bronze medal in the team technical.[4][9][1]

On May 7, 2023, at the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup 2023 in the team free she won a silver medal in France.[4]

In June 2023, at the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup 2023 Super Final in Oviedo, Spain, in the Women Duet Free she won a gold medal, and in the Technical Duet event, Bobritsky and fellow Israeli Ariel Nassee won the gold medal with 225.7915 points.[4][10] Bobritsky said: "We knew we could win the gold. We are fighting for a medal, so we brought everything we had into this moment. We were focused."[10]

On July 5, 2023, she won a silver medal in the team free at the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup 2023 in France with a personal best score of 356.3647.[4]

2024 Paris Summer Olympics[edit]

Bobritsky will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in artistic swimming-duet with Ariel Nassee on August 9 and 10, 2024.[11]

Career highlights[edit]

Event Points Medal Age* Competition Comp Country Date
Women Solo Free 73.2000 - 15 FINA Synchro World Series 2017 France 11/03/2017
Women Duet Technical 80.3788 - 18 18th FINA World Championships 2019 Korea 12/07/2019
Women Duet Free 82.5333 - 18 FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2020 France 06/03/2020
Women Team Technical 82.5039 - 18 18th FINA World Championships 2019 Korea 16/07/2019
Women Team Free 84.5333 Bronze 18 FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2020 France 08/03/2020
Women Team Free Combination 84.7667 Gold 17 FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2019 Greece 07/04/2019
Women Team Highlight 83.7000 - 18 18th FINA World Championships 2019 Korea 15/07/2019

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Israel wins historic gold medal at Artistic Swimming World Cup". ynetnews.com. March 18, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Artistic Swimming - BOBRITSKY Shelly". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "Shelly Bobritsky".
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Shelly BOBRITSKY | Resultsl". World Aquatics.
  5. ^ "Israel's artistic swimmers snapped at the Olympics". The Times of Israel.
  6. ^ "Tokyo Olympics 2020: Israeli Swimmers Performed To 'Aaja Nachle'". NDTV.
  7. ^ Bachner, Michael. "Full schedule for Israel's athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Times of Israel. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "Israel Announces Largest Olympic Swim Team In History, Marsh On Coaching Staff". SwimSwam. July 8, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  9. ^ "More history-making as Israel wins the Women's Duet Technical". World Aquatics. March 18, 2023.
  10. ^ a b "China, Israel, and Ukraine take Day 3 golds as Spain tops the Super Final medal table". World Aquatics. June 4, 2023.
  11. ^ Marmet, Christina (June 24, 2023). "Anna-Maria and Eirini Alexandri Qualify Austria Duet to the 2024 Olympic Games".
  12. ^ "Shelly Bobritsky". Inside Synchro. Retrieved August 1, 2021.

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