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Tal Flicker
File:Tal Flicker.jpg
Flicker in 2017
Personal information
Native name
טל פליקר‎
Born (1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 (age 33)
Herzliya, Israel
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OccupationJudoka
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Sport
CountryIsrael
SportJudo
Weight class–66 kg
Rank     6th dan black belt[1]
Coached byShuki Koaz (he)[2]
Retired3 April 2025[3][4]
Achievements and titles
World Champ.Bronze (2017)
European Champ.Silver (2020)
Highest world ranking1 (2017)[5][6]
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tashkent Mixed team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Prague ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tel Aviv ‍–‍66 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku ‍–‍66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Antalya ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest ‍–‍66 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cancún ‍–‍66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Zagreb ‍–‍66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tbilisi ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Zagreb ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Jeju ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Zagreb ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Düsseldorf ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tel Aviv ‍–‍66 kg
Profile at external databases
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Updated on 4 May 2025

Tal Flicker (Hebrew: טל פליקר; born 28 May 1992) is an Israeli retired[3][4] judoka.[7] He competed in the under 66 kg weight category, and won bronze medals in the 2017 World Championships[8][9][10] and the 2018 European Championships[11][12][13][14] as well as a silver medal in the 2020 European Championships.[15][16][17] Flicker won the 2017 Baku Grand Slam,[18][19][20] the 2017 Cancún Grand Prix[21][22][23] and the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam.[24][25][26] In August 2017 he was ranked # 1 in the world in the 66 kg division.[5][6]

Judo career

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2011-16

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In 2011, Flicker won the gold medal at the European Cup Under-20 in Paks, Hungary.[27] He has won Israeli championships in 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015.[28][29][30][31]

On 1 June 2013, Flicker won his first international contest as a senior after defeating Ivan Spirin from Russia in the final of the European Open Bucharest.[32][33] On 12 September, he won a bronze medal in 2014 Zagreb Grand Prix,[34][35][36] his first medal in a Grand Prix. In 2015 he won the European Open in Rome,[37][38] and won bronze at the 2015 Jeju Grand Prix, South Korea.[39][40][41] He then won bronze at the 2016 Zagreb Grand Prix.[42][43][44]

2017-present

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On 10 March, Flicker won the gold medal at the 2017 Baku Grand Slam,[18][19][20] after defeating Tomofumi Takajo from Japan in the final, and won another gold medal at the 2017 Cancún Grand Prix three months later.[21][22][23] In 2017 he also won the European Open in Lisbon,[45][46] and won bronze at the 2017 Düsseldorf Grand Prix.[47][48][49]

On 29 August, Flicker won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships in men's 66 kg in Budapest, Hungary.[8][9][10] 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 waza-ari.[50][51] He 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.[50] He 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.[51] In August 2017 he was ranked # 1 in the world in the U66 kg division.[5]

On 26 October, Flicker won a gold medal at 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam in the United Arab Emirates[24][25][26] after defeating world championships bronze medalist Nijat Shikhalizada of Azerbaijan with ippon.[52][53][54] The International Judo Federation (IJF) had sent a letter to the President of the United Arab Emirates Judo Federation that instructed: "all delegations, including the Israeli delegation, shall be treated absolutely equally in all aspects, without any exception," and that the IJF statutes "clearly provide that the IJF shall not discriminate on the ground of race, religion, gender or political opinion."[55]

However, despite Ficker's win, and against the explicit instructions of the International Judo Federation, as they had done in the same event two years prior, tournament organizers in Abu Dhabi refused to fly the Israeli flag or play the Israeli national anthem, despite the fact that it is customary to play the medalist's national anthem.[52][56][57] In addition, instead of having "ISR" by his name on the scoreboard and on his back to denote that he was competing for Israel, at the insistence of the organizers "IJF" (for the International Judo Federation) was substituted.[58] Oren Smadja said, after Flicker's victory: "I am very happy to be here - with a flag, without a flag ... to prove to everyone that it is impossible to stop the State of Israel."[52] Arab and Muslim nations and athletes often boycott, or refuse to shake hands with, Israeli competitors.[56]

On 26 April, Flicker took part in the 2018 European Championships in Tel Aviv and won a bronze medal in the under 66 kg weight category.[11][12][13][14] In the first round he defeated Nathon Burns of Ireland by waza-ari, in the second round he defeated Vadim Bunescu of Moldova by ippon. In the quarter-finals he lost to Adrian Gomboc of Slovenia. He went on to defeat João Crisóstomo of Portugal in the repechage and reached the bronze medal match where he defeated Marko Gusic of Montenegro by ippon.

Flicker announced his retirement from competitive judo in April 2025.[59]

Titles

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Year Tournament Place Ref.
2014 Grand Prix Zagreb 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [34][35][36]
2015 Grand Prix Jeju 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [39][40][41]
2016 Grand Prix Zagreb 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [42][43][44]
2017 Grand Prix Düsseldorf 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [47][48][49]
Grand Slam Baku 1st place, gold medalist(s) [18][19][20]
Grand Prix Cancún 1st place, gold medalist(s) [21][22][23]
World Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [8][9][10]
Grand Slam Abu Dhabi 1st place, gold medalist(s) [24][25][26]
2018 European Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [11][12][13][14]
Grand Prix Zagreb 1st place, gold medalist(s) [61][62][63]
2019 Grand Prix Tbilisi 1st place, gold medalist(s) [64][65][66]
2020 Grand Prix Tel Aviv 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [67][68][69]
European Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [15][16][17]
2022 Grand Slam Antalya 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [70][71][72]
Grand Slam Budapest 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [73][74][75]

See also

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