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| Full name | Keren Michaela Siebner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 9, 1990 Kfar Saba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke, butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hapoel Dolphin Netanya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Georgia Institute of Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Keren Michaela Siebner (Hebrew: קרן זיבנר; also Zibner, born 1990), is an Israeli Olympic swimmer, Israeli national champion, Maccabiah Games winner, and a national record holder in the 200m butterfly and 200m backstroke.[2][3]
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Early and personal life
Siebner was born in Kfar Saba, Israel, to Miron and Osnat Siebner, and grew up in Herzliya.[4] She has an older sister, Sivan.[4] She attended Hayovel High School.[4]
She attended the Georgia Institute of Technology, where Siebner studied industrial and systems engineering,[5] despite having severe ADHD.[6] She is also an industrial and management engineer and a model.[2]
Swimming career
In high school Siebner swam for four years for the school, and set Israeli junior records in the 50m freestyle, the 200m free, and the 200m backstroke.[4]
In college, she swam for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and was named to the 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, and 2011-12 Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll.[4][7] Siebner set university records in the 100m fly (54.48), 200m free relay (1:32.95), 400m free relay (3:20.64), 800m free relay (7:18.42), and the 400m medley relay (3:42.02).[4] She is also 3rd all-time at the university in the 100m freestyle (50.27).[4]
At the 2013 Maccabiah Games, she won two gold medals swimming for Israel, in the 100m butterfly and the 400m freestyle relay team, which set a new Israeli record.[8] Siebner had won 8 medals at the Maccabiah Games as of 2013, 5 of them gold.[2] Her club is Hapoel Dolphin Netanya.[9]
She participated in the 2014 European Aquatics Championships, placing 16th in the 200 m butterfly with a new Israeli record. In 2015, Siebner took part in the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships held in Netanya, Israel, finishing 12th in the 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 December 2015, she set a new Israeli national record of 2:10.05 in the 200m butterfly, replacing the prior national record which she had also set.[10]
In May 2016, Siebner won eight gold medals at the Israel National Championships.[11] That same month, at the Belgian Open Championships she won the 200m butterfly in a time of 2:11.36.[12]
In June 2016, she participated in the 2016 European Aquatics Championships, finishing 16th in the 200 m butterfly with the current Israeli record, 2:11.04.[11] Siebner also placed 18th in the 100 m butterfly, 23rd in the 50 m butterfly, and 39th in the 100 m freestyle. A few weeks later, in July she broke the Israeli record in 200 m backstroke during the national championships, with a time of 2:13.10, as she won six gold medals at the nationals.[13]
Siebner missed swimming as an individual at the 2016 Summer Olympics by 0.01 seconds, but she still represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics by competing in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with Andrea Murez, Amit Ivry, and Zohar Shikler.[14][15][2]
Her long course (50m pool) personal bests as of the end of 2016 were 50m butterfly—0:26.92 (April 2016), 100m butterfly—0:59.10 (May 2016), 100m freestyle—0:55.42 (April 2016), and 200m butterfly—2:11.04 (May 2016).[9]
Siebner swam for Team Israel at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, and won a gold medal in the 200m butterfly with a time of 2:16.57, and a silver medal in the 100m butterfly with a time of 1:00.01.[16][17] Siebner, Amit Ivry, Shahar Menahem, and Or Tamir set an Israeli national record in the women's 4 × 100 m medley relay with a time of 4:11.67 as they won a silver medal.[18]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Info System: Athletes / SIEBNER Keren". universiade2013.sportresult.com.
- ^ a b c d Boukai, Amit (10 July 2017). "Keren Zibner: An Israeli swim champion, model and industrial engineer". JerusalemOnline. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Keren Siebner Butterfly Israeli champion talking". Swim WEST.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Keren Siebner Bio". Georgia Tech. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ Bailey, Kristen (1 August 2016). "Ramblin' to Rio". Georgia Tech.
- ^ "Keren Siebner talking about her ADHD and swimming". YouTube. 21 May 2015.
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- ^ "Former Jacket Keren Siebner Won Two Golds In Maccabiah Games". Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. 25 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Keren Siebner". Swimming Israel.
- ^ "Israel's Keren Siebner sets new national mark in 200 fly prelims". SwimSwam. 4 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Israeli Olympic profiles: Keren Siebner," The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "Fanny Lecluyse Highlights Belgian Open Championships". Swimming World News. 29 May 2016.
- ^ "Second best for Israel's Olympic swimmers," Times of Israel.
- ^ "Another Olympic Entry Error Bumps Israel Into Women’s 400 Free Relay," SwimSwam Magazine.
- ^ "Israeli Olympic profiles: Keren Siebner", The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "Ervin Opens Maccabiah Games With 100 Free Gold" SwimSwam Magazine.
- ^ "Murez Picks Up 2nd Gold Of Maccabiah Games With 1:59 200 Free," SwimSwam Magazine.
- ^ Sinai, Allison (13 July 2017). "Ervin wraps up Maccabiah experience with two more gold medals". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com.
External links
- Keren Siebner at World Aquatics
- Keren Siebner at SwimRankings.net
- Keren Siebner at Olympics.com
- Keren Siebner at Olympedia
- Keren Siebner at the Olympic Committee of Israel (in Hebrew)
- Keren Siebner at Swimming Israel
- Keren Siebner on Facebook
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