Amit Ivry, 2010
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Personal information | |
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Nationality | Israel |
Born |
Eilat, Israel |
September 2, 1989
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | 100 m backstroke, 100 m breaststroke, 100 m butterfly, 100 m medley, 200 metres Individual Medley, 50 m backstroke, 50 m breaststroke, 50 m butterfly |
Club | Hapoel Emek Hefer, Israel |
Coach | Leonid Kaufman |
Medal record | ||
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Women's Swimming | ||
Representing Israel | ||
Maccabiah Games | ||
2009 Israel | 100 m butterfly | |
2013 Israel | 100 m freestyle | |
European Aquatics Championships | ||
2012 Debrecen | 100 metre butterfly |
Amit Ivry (Hebrew: 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 gold medal at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in the Women's 100 m butterfly, and a bronze medal at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in the Women's 100 m freestyle. In 2012, she won a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly at the long-course European Swimming Championships.
She holds the Maccabiah Games and Israeli records in the Women's 100 m butterfly. She also holds the Israeli national records in the Women's 50 m backstroke, 50 m breaststroke, 100 m breaststroke, 200 m Individual Medley, and 4 × 100 m medley relay.
Ivry won a gold medal in the 2009 Maccabiah Games in the Women's 100 m butterfly, with a time of 58.50. One month later, in August 2009, she and three teammates set a new Israeli record in the 4x100 Medley relay, breaking the old record by five seconds, with a time of 4:09.49 minutes.
In December 2010, she set the Israeli national record in the Women's 100 m butterfly, with a time of 57.14. In February 2011, she and her teammates at Hapoel Emek Hefer set an Israeli record in the 4x50 meter medley, with a time of 1:57.80 minutes, at the Israel Short Course Championships at Ashdot Yaakov.
In 2012, she won a bronze medal in the 100-meter butterfly at the long-course European Swimming Championships in Hungary, with a time of at 58.64 seconds, and became the first Israeli women to place and win a medal for Israel at the championships.