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Guy Barnea
גיא ברנע
Personal information
Full nameGuy Marcos Barnea
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1987-09-09) 9 September 1987 (age 37)
Omer, Israel
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubHapoel Jerusalem
Medal record
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Budapest 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Debrecen 50 m backstroke
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2012 Chartres 50 m backstroke
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Israel 100 m backstroke
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shenzhen 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Belgrade 50 m backstroke

Guy Marcos Barnea (Template:Lang-he; born 9 September 1987 in Omer) is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Barnea was born and raised in Omer in southern Israel, the oldest of three sons and his brothers Nir and Or are also swimmers.[1][2] He currently attends UC Berkeley.

He competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.[3]

Barnea trained at The Race Club, a swim camp in Florida founded by Olympic Swimmers Gary Hall, Jr. and his father, Gary Hall, Sr. The Race Club, originally known as "The World Team," was designed to serve as a training group for elite swimmers across the world in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. To be able to train with the Race Club, one must either have been ranked in the top 20 in the world the past 3 calendar years or top 3 in their nation in the past year. The Race Club included such well known swimmers as Roland Mark Schoeman, Mark Foster, Ryk Neethling, and Therese Alshammar.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Israeli Sports". Jewish Sports Review. 8 (87): 20. October 2011. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ^ "Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries". Jewishinstlouis.org. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  3. ^ "Israel at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  4. ^ http://www.theraceclub.net/mission-statement/history/world-team/


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