Björn Zikarsky (born 17 July 1967 in Erlangen

Erlangen

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) is a former freestyle

Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

 swimmer from Germany

Germany

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, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

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 in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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. He did so alongside Christian Tröger

Christian Tröger

Christian-Alexander Tröger is a former swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of three bronze medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. He first did so in 1992 alongside Mark Pinger, Dirk Richter, and Steffen Zesner.- References :* *...

, his twin

Twin

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 brother Bengt Zikarsky

Bengt Zikarsky

Bengt Zikarsky is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Tröger, his twin brother Björn Zikarsky and Mark Pinger...

 and Mark Pinger

Mark Pinger

Mark Pinger is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of two bronze medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics....

. He also competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

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for West Germany. He is married to former Surf-Live-Saving contender Kylie Foster and resides in Sydney, Australia.