İris Rosenberger

İris Rosenberger
Personal information
Nationality  GER  TUR
Born (1985-10-16) October 16, 1985
Traunstein, West Germany
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
Club Turkey Fenerbahçe Swimming
Germany SV Wacker Burghausen
Germany Erster Münchner SC
Germany SG Essen

İris Rosenberger (born October 16, 1985 in Traunstein, West Germany) is a German-Turkish female swimmer competing in the butterfly events. The 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) tall sportswoman at 55 kg (121 lb) is a member of Fenerbahçe Swimming in Istanbul.[1] In Germany, she swims for the teams, SV Wacker Burghausen, Erster Münchner SC and SG Essen.[2]

Her identical twin sister Yasemin (German: Jasmin) is also a swimmer. The twins were born to German father Peter Rosenberger and Turkish mother Leyla Aktaş-Rosenberger, a painter, ceramic artist and sculptor, in Traunstein, Germany.[3] They have a younger sister Deniz, who is also a swimmer. Iris studied business administration at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.[4][5][6][7]

Representing Turkey, Iris took part in the 100 m butterfly event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she swam 1:01.67 without advancing to the finals.[8]

In 2009, Iris set new Turkish national records in 50 m butterfly with 27.00 and in 100 m butterfly with 59:45.[9] She holds more than 19 national records for Turkey.[7]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Turkey
2007 World Aquatics Championships Melbourne, Australia 42 50 m butterfly 28.65
World Aquatics Championships 45 100 m butterfly 1:02.26
2008 Summer Olympics Beijing, China 44 100 m butterfly 1:01.67[10]
2009 World Aquatics Championships Melbourne, Australia 43 50 m butterfly 27.44
World Aquatics Championships 46 100 m butterfly 1:00.86
2011 World Aquatics Championships Shanghai, China 31 50 m butterfly 27.82
World Aquatics Championships 38 100 m butterfly 1:00.99
Representing  Germany
2012 39. STRÖCK Austrian Qualifying (SC) Wiener Neustadt, Austria 50 m butterfly 27.09
100 m butterfly 59.81
200 m butterfly 2:13.90
16th international Swimm Festival (SC) Bayreuth, Germany 50 m butterfly 27.91
100 m butterfly 1:01.31
Swim & Fun Days (LC) Essen, Germany 50 m butterfly 28.22
German Cup 2011 / 2nd Leg (LC) Saarbrücken, Germany 50 m butterfly 28.75
100 m butterfly 1:04.02
SV NRW Open (LC) Wuppertal, Germany 100 m butterfly 1:02.76

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Iris Rosenberger-Yüzme" (in Turkish). EuroSport. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  2. ↑ "Iris Rosenberger" (in German). Deutscher Schwimm Verband e.V. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  3. ↑ "Wohnungs-Projekt "art-homes" - Istanbul (2010) und München (2011)" (in German). art-homes. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  4. ↑ Özcan, Celal (2008-12-07). "Dört Türkiye rekoru". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  5. ↑ "İris Yüzmede Bavyera Şampiyonu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  6. ↑ "Türk milliler sevindirdi". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  7. 1 2 "Şampiyon ikizler". Sabah Spor (in Turkish). 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  8. ↑ "Iris Rosenberger". Sports Reference/Olympic Sports. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  9. ↑ "İris Rosenberger'den Yeni Türkiye Rekoru" (in Turkish). Yüzme Dünyası. 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  10. ↑ "Swimming at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference / Olympic Sports. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
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