Bengt Zikarsky
Along with twin brother Bjorn Zikarsky was Bengt Zikarsky the late 1980s and early 1990s in swimming very successful. At her swimming career her family doctor should have been to blame, who had both sent due to poor posture at age 13 into the water. His first sporting successes had Zikarsky in the SSG Erlangen, where in 1987 he made the leap to the national team. Later he started under coach Klaus Rosary for the SV Würzburg 05 ( as of 1990 there also along with his brother ).
Your first joint international appearance had more than two meters wide twin brothers at the European Championships in 1989 in Bonn. There, they got also the same in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (together with Peter Sitt and André Schadt ) in 3:19,68 minutes the European title. Another Europ Championship title won Bengt Zikarsky then without his brother at the Sprint European Championships 1991 in Gelsenkirchen 4 × 50 m freestyle along with Silko Günzel, Nils Rudolph and Ingolf Rasch. In the same year he was at the World Swimming Championships in 1991 in Perth. Than final float in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in 3:18,88 minutes vice champion behind the United States He also participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was also elected as the active speaker, but was used in the German squadrons only in prelims. The taking place in the following year the European Championships 1993 in Sheffield, he won a bronze medal with the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was then also in the final and won it with the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with Christian Tröger, his brother Björn and Mark Pinger in time of 3:17,20 minutes the bronze medal. The German team had to deal only scarcely beaten the Russian squadron, which won silver, gold went to the United States. In October 1996, he was expelled for insulting remarks against the DSV Association President Klaus Henter from the national team. Shortly afterwards, he finished his career.
Today Zikarsky operates a specialist practice of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Nuremberg.