Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or

Nimrod Shapira
נמרוד שפירא בר אור

Nimrod Shapira in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Nimrod Shapira
National team	Israel
Born	(1989-04-25) April 25, 1989 (age 35) Jerusalem, Israel
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
College team	University of Arizona
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Israel Maccabiah Games 2009 Israel 100m Freestyle European Junior Championships 2007 Antwerp 200m Freestyle 2007 Antwerp 400m Freestyle

Nimrod Shapira (Hebrew: נמרוד שפירא בר אור; born April 25, 1989) is an Israeli two-time Olympic swimmer, having represented Israel at the 2008 Olympics in the 100 meter and 200 meter freestyle, and in the 200 m freestyle for Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

He is a 27-time Israeli Champion in the 50, 100 and 200 Freestyle events as well as 100 & 200 Butterfly. He won a silver medal in the 200 meter freestyle, and a bronze medal in the 400 meter freestyle, at the 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships. He won a silver medal in the 100 meter freestyle at the 2009 Maccabiah Games.

In 2013, after swimming in his second Olympic games, Shapira founded a swim club and swim schools in Michigan called AquaSwimClub.^[1] His swim program grew to 7 locations in Michigan with over 800 swimmers.

In 2017, AquaSwimClub's 800 swimmers turned into Shapira's first brick and mortar location, AQUAfin Swim School in Jacksonville Florida and serves thousands of swimmers on weekly basis.