Nationality Germany Turkey Strokes Butterfly Weight 55 kg | Sport Swimming Height 1.6 m Stroke Butterfly stroke | |
Born October 16, 1985 (age 31) ( 1985-10-16 ) Traunstein, West Germany Clubs Fenerbahçe Swimming, SV Wacker Burghausen, SG Essen | ||
İris Rosenberger (born October 16, 1985 in Traunstein, West Germany) is a German-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. In Germany, she swims for the teams, SV Wacker Burghausen, Erster Münchner SC and SG Essen.
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. They have a younger sister Deniz, who is also a swimmer. Iris studied business administration at the Ludwig Maximilian University of 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.