# Jonatan Kopelev

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Israeli swimmer

Jonatan Kopelev Personal information Native name יהונתן קופלב Nickname Johnny[1] Nationality Israeli Born (1991-10-01) 1 October 1991 (age 34) Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Sport Sport Swimming Strokes Backstroke Club Maccabi Haifa

**Jonatan Kopelev** (or Yehonatan, [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): יהונתן קופלב; born 1 October 1991) is an Israeli [swimmer](/source/Swimming_(sport)). He competes in 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and 50 m backstroke. He won a [gold medal](/source/Gold_medal) in the [50 m backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_2012_European_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_50_metre_backstroke) at the [2012 European Aquatics Championships](/source/2012_European_Aquatics_Championships).

## Early and personal life

Kopelev began swimming at age seven, at the [Maccabi Haifa](/source/Maccabi_Haifa) Carmel club.[1] He and his wife Monada live in [Haifa, Israel](/source/Haifa%2C_Israel).[1]

## Swimming career

His club is [Maccabi Haifa](/source/Maccabi_Haifa).[2] Kopelev competes in 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and 50 m backstroke.[3]

Kopelev won a [gold medal](/source/Gold_medal) in the 50 metre backstroke at the [2012 European Aquatics Championships](/source/2012_European_Aquatics_Championships) in [Debrecen, Hungary](/source/Debrecen%2C_Hungary).[1] In doing so he became the first Israeli swimmer to win a gold medal at the European championships.[1] He qualified for the [2012 Olympics](/source/2012_Olympics), swimming a 54.38 in the 100 m backstroke in a competition in Slovenia in June 2012, but was unable to compete in the Games due to an [appendectomy](/source/Appendectomy).[4][5]

Kopelev came in eighth in the men’s 50 m backstroke at the [2013 World Aquatics Championships](/source/2013_World_Aquatics_Championships), with a lifetime best of 24.73.[6]

In July 2016 he posted the fastest time in 2016 for the men’s 50 m backstroke with a time of 24.60, also setting a new Israeli record.[7]

In December 2018 Kopelev came in second in the 50 S backstroke in the Israel International Arena Winter Championship with a time of 24.25.[2]

Kopelev competed for [Israel at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships](/source/Israel_at_the_2019_World_Aquatics_Championships).[8]

## See also

- [List of Israeli records in swimming](/source/List_of_Israeli_records_in_swimming)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto1_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto1_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-auto1_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-auto1_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-auto1_1-4) ["Jonatan Kopelev | fina.org - Official FINA website"](http://www.fina.org/athletes/jonatan-kopelev). *www.fina.org*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto_2-1) ["Jonatan Kopelev | Swimcloud"](https://www.swimcloud.com/swimmer/861556/?referer=collegeswimming.com). *www.swimcloud.com*. 3 August 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Swimming - Yssela Adiane Yilian Wee Erquiaga (Singapore)"](https://www.the-sports.org/jonatan-josef-kopelev-swimming-spf257646.html). *www.the-sports.org*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** staff, T. O. I. ["Israeli swimmers make finals in World Championships"](https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-swimmers-make-finals-in-world-championships/). *[The Times of Israel](/source/The_Times_of_Israel)*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0040-7909](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0040-7909).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Israel's Kopelev books London 2012 ticket"](https://www.swimmersdaily.com/2012/06/03/israels-kopelev-books-london-2012-ticket/). June 3, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["European Championships Preview - Men's Backstroke"](https://swimswam.com/european-championships-preview-mens-backstroke/). *SwimSwam*. August 14, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Kopelev Posts the Fastest 50 Backstroke of 2016"](https://swimswam.com/kopelev-posts-the-fastest-50-backstroke-of-2016/). *SwimSwam*. July 28, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships: Day 7 Prelims Recap"](https://swimswam.com/2019-fina-world-aquatics-championships-day-7-prelims-recap/). *SwimSwam*. July 27, 2019.

## External links

- [The-sports.org](https://www.the-sports.org/jonatan-josef-kopelev-swimming-spf257646.html)

- [Instagram page](https://www.instagram.com/jkopelev/)

v t e European Champions in Men's 50 m Backstroke 1999: Stev Theloke (GER) 2000: Stev Theloke (GER) 2002: Thomas Rupprath (GER) 2004: Stev Theloke (GER) 2006: Helge Meeuw (GER) 2008: Aristeidis Grigoriadis (GRE) 2010: Camille Lacourt (FRA) 2012: Jonatan Kopelev (ISR) 2014: Vladimir Morozov (RUS) 2016: Camille Lacourt (FRA) 2018: Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS) 2020: Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS) 2022: Apostolos Christou (GRE) 2024: Apostolos Christou (GRE)

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