İris Rosenberger

İris Rosenberger

Personal information
Nationality	Germany Turkey
Born	(1985-10-16) October 16, 1985 (age 39) Traunstein, West Germany
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Club	Fenerbahçe Swimming SV Wacker Burghausen Erster Münchner SC SG Essen

İris Rosenberger (born October 16, 1985, in Traunstein, West Germany) is a 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

• Turkish women in sports

References

1. "Iris Rosenberger-Yüzme" (in Turkish). EuroSport. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
2. "Iris Rosenberger" (in German). Deutscher Schwimm Verband e.V. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
3. "Wohnungs-Projekt "art-homes" – Istanbul (2010) und München (2011)" (in German). art-homes. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
4. Özcan, Celal (December 7, 2008). "Dört Türkiye rekoru". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved November 24, 2012.
5. "İris Yüzmede Bavyera Şampiyonu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). December 11, 2007. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
6. "Türk milliler sevindirdi". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). January 30, 2009. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
7. "Şampiyon ikizler". Sabah Spor (in Turkish). December 13, 2007. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
8. "Iris Rosenberger". Sports Reference/Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
9. "İris Rosenberger'den Yeni Türkiye Rekoru" (in Turkish). Yüzme Dünyası. October 26, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
10. "Swimming at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference / Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2012.