Jonathan Koplev - Swimming

2,199 views · Published 9 July 2012 · 1:57 · Indexed 11 October 2026

Channel: ISRAEL21c · 2012 · Sports

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Jonathan Koplev started swimming at the Haifa beach when he was six, and was competing by the time he was 12. His hard work is paying off now, as he will represent Israel in the backstroke at the 2012 London Olympic Games. 

"I think that young people who start something in life just have to work hard and give all they've got to the thing they chose," he says, adding that "representing my country is a dream come true."

Film editing by Michael Grynszpan; Reporting by Viva Sarah Press

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