# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bengt-zikarsky
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:06:36.531Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bengt-zikarsky"
name: "Bengt Zikarsky"
slug: "bengt-zikarsky"
description: "Bengt Zikarsky is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Tröger, his twin brother Björn Zikarsky and Mark Pinger. He also won the bronze medal at the same event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, after swimming in the heats. He is the uncle of Rocco Zikarsky, one of Björn's sons, who plays in the NBA for the Minnesota Timberwolves."
tagline: "German swimmer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1967-07-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.03
  momentum:             10.29850746268657
  historical:           6.546653333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D2%91%D1%82_%D0%A6%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96"
    title: "Бенґт Цікарскі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Zikarsky"
    title: "Bengt Zikarsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Zikarsky"
    title: "Bengt Zikarsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Zikarsky"
    title: "Bengt Zikarsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%AA_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "بنگت زیراسکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Zikarsky"
    title: "Bengt Zikarsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Zikarsky"
    title: "Bengt Zikarsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817243"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump