- Michael Halika
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Medal record 
Michael HalikaMen's Swimming Competitor for 
IsraelWorld Championships (SC) Bronze 2000 Athens 400 m medley European LC Championships Silver 1999 Istanbul 400 m medley European Championships (SC) Bronze 1999 Lisbon 400 m medley Bronze 2000 Valencia 400 m medley Summer Universiade Silver 1997 Catania 400 m medley Silver 1999 Mallorca 400 m medley Bronze 2003 Daegu 400 m medley Maccabiah Games Gold 1997 Israel 800 m freestyle Gold 1997 Israel 400 m medley Gold 2005 Israel 400 m medley Michael ("Mickey") Halika (born November 11, 1978 in Jerusalem) is a former medley swimmer from Israel, who competed in three events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia as a member of the Israeli swimming team.
He finished sixth in his preliminary heat (and 11th overall) of the 400 m individual medley (4:19.97). Halika also finished 31st in the 200 m butterfly (2:01.97), and 39th in the 200 m individual medley (2:07.53).
Halika, who won the 800 m freestyle and the 400 m individual medley at the 1997 Maccabiah Games, among a total of 5 individual and 2 team gold medals, captured the silver medal in the 400 m individual medley (4:17.49) at the European LC Championships 1999 in Istanbul.
One of Israel's top young swimmers, Halika placed fourth in the same event (4:20.89) at the 2000 European Aquatics Championships.
Halika attended the University of Texas, and helped the Longhorns win their second straight NCAA Championship in 2001 by finishing 14th in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 3:50.02 – one of his Texas-teammates was American Olympian Scott Goldblatt.
In 2001, Halika qualified for the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan in both the 200 m butterfly and the 200 m individual medley. In the butterfly, he finished 19th overall in the preliminaries and failed to qualify for the semifinals with a time of 2:01.67. In the medley, though, he made the semifinals and finished 13th overall with a time of 2:04.38.
At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Halika competed in the 200-meter butterfly, the 200 m individual medley, and the 400 m individual medley. In the butterfly, he finished 33rd overall with a time of 2:02.45. In the 200 m medley, he was 37th with a time of 2:05.68. In the 400 m medley, he achieved his best result with a 19th place finish in a time of 4:21.76.
In the same year he also won bronze in the 400 IM at the Summer Universiade in South Korea.
References
Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- Israeli swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Israel
- Medley swimmers
- Butterfly swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Jewish swimmers
- Maccabiah swimmers of Israel
- Swimmers at the 1997 Maccabiah Games
- Swimmers at the 2005 Maccabiah Games
- People from Jerusalem
- Maccabiah gold medalists
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