Israel Swimming and Diving

16-Year Old Anastasia Gorbenko Breaks Israeli Record in 400 IM

Anastasia Gorbenko has taken more than 4 seconds off the Israeli Record in the 400 SCM IM over the last 6 weeks, including a 4:35 on Friday.

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Israeli National Record Holder Gali Zilberberg Commits to Penn State

Zilberberg finished 7th at the 2018 European Junior Swimming Championships in the women’s 1500 freestyle.

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Anastasia Gorbenko Headlines 12-Swimmer Israeli Roster for Europeans

11-event National Record holder Anastasia Gorbenko is among 12 swimmers that Israel will send to the 2019 European Short Course Championships in December.

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Top Seeded Anastasia Gorbenko Disqualified in Prelims of 200 IM at World Jrs

The Israeli National Record holder in the 200 IM Anastasia Gorbenko was disqualified in prelims of the event on Friday morning.

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Israel Announces 11 Pool Swimmer Roster for 2019 World Championships

Andi Murez (above) is one of 6 Israeli swimmers who were chosen to fill out the country’s 2 relay entries: the mixed medley and the men’s 800 free relay.

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3 More Israeli Swimmers Book Tickets to World Championships

Even with a broken finger, Jonatan Kopelev (above) is one of 3 swimmers who booked tickets to Worlds in Israelis’ final opportunity this weekend.

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Frankel and Loktev Swim 1:48s in 200 Free on Day 3 in Israel

With the Americans done racing, full focus on Friday came on the native Israeli swimmers at the 2019 Israel Cup.

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Kendyl Stewart Swims Lifetime Best in 100 Fly on Israel Cup Day 2

Kendyl Stewart broke her dry spell in the 100 fly last summer with her first best time in 4 years. That might have opened the flood gates on her improvement curve.

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Anastasia Gorbenko Wins 2 Races on Opening Day of 2019 Israel Cup

The 15-year old phenom won 2 of her 3 races on Wednesday, with the only loss being to American Kendyl Stewart in the 50 fly.

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Baker, Kusch, Stewart to Join Israelis at This Weekend’s Israel Cup

The World Record holder in the 100 back, Kathleen Baker will show down in the 200 IM against the country’s most recent National Record breaker: 15-year old Anastasia Gorbenko.

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Israel Breaks 4 National Records at 2018 Championships

14 Israeli swimmers have met the criteria to qualify for the 2018 European Aquatics Championships that will be held from…

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2008 Israeli Olympian Guy Barnea Retires

Israeli swimmer Guy Barnea has announced his retirement from professional swimming. The 30-year old represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympic…

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3 Israel National Records Broken at Short Course Champs

2017 Israeli Championships December 27th-30th, 2017 SCM (25m) course National Pool, Wingate Institute, Netanya, Israel Results (in Hebrew) Results (in…

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Michael Chadwick Swims 21.99 in 50 Free at Israeli Championships

2017 Israel National Swimming Championships August 2nd-6th, 2017 Wingate Institute, Netanya, Israel USA Swimming National Team member Michael Chadwick was in…

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Watch: Israeli Olympian Guy Barnea Experiments With PVC Pipe Drills

Why buy expensive equipment? All you need is a length of PVC pipe for these six drills and exercises.

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