İris Rosenberger (born October 16, 1985, in Traunstein, West Germany) is a Turkish female swimmer competing in the butterfly events. The tall sportswoman at is a member of Fenerbahçe Swimming in Istanbul. In Germany, she swims for the teams, SV Wacker Burghausen, Erster Münchner SC and SG Essen.
Her identical twin sister Yasemin () 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. They have a younger sister Deniz, who is also a swimmer. Iris studied business administration at LMU Munich.
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.
In 2009, Iris set new Turkish national records in 50 m butterfly with 27.00 and in 100 m butterfly with 59:45. She holds more than 19 national records for Turkey.
Achievements Representing Turkey2007World Aquatics ChampionshipsMelbourne, Australia4250 m butterfly28.65World Aquatics Championships45100 m butterfly1:02.262008Summer OlympicsBeijing, China44100 m butterfly1:01.672009World Aquatics ChampionshipsMelbourne, Australia4350 m butterfly27.44World Aquatics Championships46100 m butterfly1:00.862011World Aquatics ChampionshipsShanghai, China3150 m butterfly27.82World Aquatics Championships38100 m butterfly1:00.99Representing Germany201239. STRÖCK Austrian Qualifying (SC) Wiener Neustadt, Austria50 m butterfly27.09100 m butterfly59.81200 m butterfly2:13.9016th international Swimm Festival (SC) Bayreuth, Germany50 m butterfly27.91100 m butterfly1:01.31Swim & Fun Days (LC) Essen, Germany50 m butterfly28.22German Cup 2011 / 2nd Leg (LC) Saarbrücken, Germany50 m butterfly28.75100 m butterfly 1:04.02SV NRW Open (LC) Wuppertal, Germany100 m butterfly1:02.76
See also Turkish women in sports
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