Keren Siebner
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| Full name | Keren Siebner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 June 1990 Kefar Sava | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Keren Siebner (Template:Lang-he; born 1990), is an Israeli Olympic swimmer, Israeli national champion,[1] Maccabiah Games winner and an national record holder in 200 m butterfly and 200 m backstroke.
Early life
Siebner was born in Kfar Sava and grew up in Herzliya.
Career
She has won 7 medals at the Maccabiah Games, 5 of them gold. She participated in the 2014 European Aquatics Championships, placing 16th in the 200 m butterfly with a new Israeli record. In 2015, She took part in the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships held in Netanya, Israel, Finishing 12th in 200 m butterfly, 18th in the 100 m butterfly, 12th in the 4×50 m medley and 6th in the 4×50 m freestyle with a new israeli record. She also participated in 50 and 100 m freestyle, 100 m backstroke and 50 m butterfly.
In 2016, She participated in the 2016 European Aquatics Championships, finishing 16th in the 200 m butterfly with the current Israeli record, 2:11.04. She also placed 18th in the 100 m butterfly, 23th in the 50 m butterfly and 39th in the 100 m freestyle. A few weeks later, She broke the Israeli record in 200 m backstroke during the national championships, with a time of 2:13.10. Individually she missed the 2016 Summer Olympics by 0.01 seconds, but entered with the 4×100 freestyle relay[2] with Andrea Murez, Amit Ivry and Zohar Shikler, and will represent Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]
References
External links
- Keren Siebner at Swimming Israel
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- 1990 births
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- Israeli Jews
- Jewish swimmers
- Israeli female swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Israel
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Female butterfly swimmers
- Maccabiah Games competitors for Israel
- Maccabiah Games swimmers
- Maccabiah Games gold medalists
- Maccabiah Games bronze medalists
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