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Vered Borochovski

Vered Borochovski is a former Israeli swimmer who competed for Israel at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal at the 2002 short course world championships.

born 1984Butterfly Israeli swimming records2002 short course world bronzeSwimming at 2 Olympics

Born: 27 August 1984, Ashdod
Occupation: swimmer

Vered Borochovski was born in 1984 in Ashdod

Vered Borochovski was born on 27 August 1984 in Ashdod. She began swimming at the Beit Lavron pool in Ashdod, coached by Vladimir Sofer at Maccabi Ashdod.

As a junior she won medals at the European Junior Championships in 1999 and 2000. She swam for Israel at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. At the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka she placed 7th in the 100m butterfly and set an Israeli record in the semifinal.

In April 2002 she won bronze in the 50m butterfly at the short course World Championships in Moscow, with an Israeli record. In 2003 she trained in Australia for 3 months under Brian Sutton. At the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona she became the first Israeli woman to swim in a world championship final, placing 6th in the 50m butterfly.

At the 2004 Athens Olympics she swam the 200m individual medley without goggles after they tore before the start. She retired after the Games but returned a year later under coach Leonid Sheikht. She held Israeli records in 6 events at once and later worked as a physiotherapist.