İris_Rosenberger
İris Rosenberger
Turkish swimmer (born 1985)
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]