Keren Michaela Siebner ( he, 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.

Early and personal life

Siebner was born in

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, Israel, to Miron and Osnat Siebner, and grew up in

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. She has an older sister, Sivan. She attended Hayovel High School. She attended the Georgia Institute of Technology, where Siebner studied

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, despite having severe ADHD. She is also an industrial and management engineer and a model.

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. In college, she swam for the

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, and was named to the 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, and 2011-12 Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll. 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). She is also 3rd all-time at the university in the 100m freestyle (50.27). At the

2013 Maccabiah Games The 19th Maccabiah ( he, המכביה התשע-עשרה) were held during July 18 to 30, 2013. The Games brought together 7,500 competing athletes, making it the third-largest international sporting event in the world after the Olympic Games and ...

, she won two gold medals swimming for Israel, in the 100m butterfly and the 400m freestyle relay team, which set a new Israeli record. Siebner had won 8 medals at the Maccabiah Games as of 2013, 5 of them gold. Her club is

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Dolphin Netanya. She participated in the

2014 European Aquatics Championships The 2014 European Aquatics Championships took place from 13 to 24 August 2014 in Berlin, Germany. It was the 31st edition of the championships, and was held in a temporary facility placed in the centre of the Berlin Velodrome. Great Britain head ...

, 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 The 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships (25 m) took place in Netanya, Israel, from 2–6 December 2015. They were originally scheduled to be held in January 2015, but the LEN moved the event to December. The venue of the event was t ...

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. In May 2016, Siebner won eight gold medals at the Israel National Championships."Israeli Olympic profiles: Keren Siebner,"
''The Jerusalem Post''. That same month, at the Belgian Open Championships she won the 200m butterfly in a time of 2:11.36. 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. 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. 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 freestyle relay with Andrea Murez,

Amit Ivry Amit Ivry ( he, עמית עברי; born September 2, 1989, in Eilat, Israel) is an Israeli Olympic swimmer, Maccabiah Games champion, and national record holder. She competes in the butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and medley. Ivry won a ...

, and Zohar Shikler. 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). Siebner swam for Team Israel at the

2017 Maccabiah Games The 2017 Maccabiah Games ( he, משחקי המכביה 2017), also referred to as the 20th Maccabiah Games ( he, המכביה ה-20), were the 20th edition of the Maccabiah Games. They took place from 4 to 17 July 2017, in Israel. The Maccabiah ...

, 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.">"Murez Picks Up 2nd Gold Of Maccabiah Games With 1:59 200 Free,"
''SwimSwam Magazine''. Siebner, Amit Ivry, Shahar Menahem, and Or Tamir set an Israeli national record in the women's medley relay with a time of 4:11.67 as they won a silver medal.

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Early and personal life

Swimming career

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