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Amit Ivry

Amit Ivry is an Israeli swimmer who competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a bronze medal at the 2012 European Swimming Championships.

born 1989Israeli national swimming records2012 European Championships bronze medalFirst Israeli woman in Olympic semi-finalMaccabiah Games butterfly gold medals

Born: 2 September 1989, Eilat
Occupation: swimmer

Amit Ivry was born in 1989 in Eilat

Amit Ivry was born on September 2, 1989, in Eilat. Her great-grandmother was the children's author Miriam Roth. She began swimming at age 12.

She trained at Hapoel Emek Hefer under coach Asaf Maimon, and later at the Wingate Institute under Leonid Kaufman. She swims butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and medley events. In 2009 she won gold in the 100 m butterfly at the Maccabiah Games.

In 2012 she won bronze in the 100 m butterfly at the European Championships in Hungary. At the 2012 Olympics she reached the semi-final of the 200 m individual medley, the first Israeli female swimmer to do so. She also swam for Israel at the 2016 Olympics.

In 2013 she won medals at World Cup events in Dubai and Doha. In Doha the hosts did not show the Israeli flag next to her name. In 2017 she again won Maccabiah gold in the 100 m butterfly.