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Keren Siebner

Keren Siebner is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics and set Israeli records in the 200m butterfly and 200m backstroke.

born 1990Swimming at the 2016 OlympicsIsraeli 200m butterfly recordMaccabiah Games gold medals

Born: 9 June 1990, Kfar Saba
Occupation: swimmer

Keren Siebner was born in 1990 in Kfar Saba

Siebner was born in Kfar Saba to Miron and Osnat Siebner and grew up in Herzliya. She began swimming at age 10 and trained at Bnei Herzliya. She attended Hayovel High School and set Israeli junior records as a teen.

She studied industrial and systems engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and graduated with honors. She swam for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and set several university records.

Swimming for Hapoel Dolphin Netanya, she competed at 3 European Championships, in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and at the 2017 World Championships. In December 2015 she set an Israeli record of 2:10.05 in the 200m butterfly. In July 2016 she broke the Israeli record in the 200m backstroke.

She missed an individual Olympic spot in 2016 by 0.01 seconds but swam for Israel in the 4 × 100m freestyle relay in Rio de Janeiro. She won 11 Maccabiah medals, 7 of them gold.

Milestones in Keren Siebner's life

2007
Won gold in the 50m freestyle at the World Schools Championship in Hungary.
2013
Won 2 gold medals at the Maccabiah Games.
2014
Set an Israeli record in the 200m butterfly at the European Championships.
2015
Competed at the European Short Course Championships in Netanya.
2016
Swam in the 4 × 100m freestyle relay at the Rio Olympics.
2017
Won gold in the 200m butterfly at the Maccabiah Games.