1. In 2011, Tal Flicker won the gold medal at the European Cup Under-20 in Paks, Hungary.
11 Facts About Tal Flicker
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Tal Flicker has won Israeli championships in 2011,2012,2014, and 2015.
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On 1 June 2013, Tal Flicker won his first international contest as a senior after defeating Ivan Spirin from Russia in the final of the European Open Bucharest.
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Tal Flicker then won bronze at the 2016 Zagreb Grand Prix.
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On 10 March, Tal Flicker won the gold medal at the 2017 Baku Grand Slam, after defeating Tomofumi Takajo from Japan in the final, and won another gold medal at the 2017 Cancun Grand Prix three months later.
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On 29 August, Tal Flicker won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships in men's 66 kg in Budapest, Hungary.
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Tal Flicker reached the semi-final where he lost to Mikhail Pulyaev of Russia, and then in the bronze medal contest he beat European champion Georgii Zantaraia of Ukraine by a waza-ari.
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Tal Flicker followed in the footsteps of fellow Israeli Golan Pollack, who won a World Championships bronze medal in the U66 category as well, two years prior.
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Tal Flicker became the fourth Israeli man in history to win the bronze, the others being Oren Smadja, his trainer, and Arik Zeevi, who won in the open-weight category.
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On 26 October, Tal Flicker won a gold medal at 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam in the United Arab Emirates after defeating world championships bronze medalist Nijat Shikhalizada of Azerbaijan with an ippon.
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Tal Flicker went on to defeat Joao Crisostomo of Portugal in the repechage and reached the bronze medal match where he defeated Marko Gusic of Montenegro by ippon.