Guy Barnea

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גיא ברנע

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| fullname = Guy Marcos Barnea

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| club = Hapoel Jerusalem

| collegeteam = University of California, Berkeley

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|09|09|df=y}}

| birth_place = Omer, Israel

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Guy Marcos Barnea ({{Langx|he|גיא ברנע}}; born 9 September 1987) is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won three medals at the European Championships. As of March 2016, he held the Israeli records in the long course 50m backstroke (24.64), the short course 50m backstroke (23.27), and the long course 100m butterfly (51.36).

Early life

Barnea was born and raised in Omer in southern Israel, to Eitan and Rachel Barnea, the oldest of three sons, and his brothers Nir and Or are also swimmers.{{Cite web|url=https://calbears.com/sports/mens-swimming-and-diving/roster/guy-barnea/7961|title=Guy Barnea – Men's Swimming & Diving|website=California Golden Bears Athletics}}{{cite journal|title=Israeli Sports|journal=Jewish Sports Review|date=October 2011|volume=8|issue=87|page=20}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/page.aspx?id=181152 |title=Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries |publisher=Jewishinstlouis.org |access-date=November 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407023958/http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/page.aspx?id=181152 |archive-date=April 7, 2012 }} He began swimming at age six because his parents thought it would help his asthma.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fina.org/athletes/guy-barnea|title="Guy Barnea"|website=fina.org}} For high school he attended Hof Hasharon. He swam for club Hapoel Jerusalem, and was coached by Leonid Kauffman.

College and swimming career

Barnea attended UC Berkeley, where he studied Business Administration and was an All-American for the Golden Bears.{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/video-kreative-drills-von-guy-barnea-3/|title=Video: Kreative Drills von Guy Barnea|first=Daniela|last=Kapser|date=May 27, 2016|website=SwimSwam}}{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/2016-big-ten-women-long-course-time-trials-new-trials-cuts/|title=2016 Big Ten Women Long Course Time Trials: 3 New Trials Cuts Posted|first=Morgan|last=Priestley|date=February 23, 2016|website=SwimSwam}} He was named First-Team Pac-10 All-Academic in both 2009 and 2010. He was a member of Cal's 2010 NCAA champion 200m free (anchor leg), 200m medley (backstroke leg), and 400m medley (backstroke leg) relay teams.{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/israeli-olympian-guy-barnea-experiments-with-pvc-pipe-drills/|title=Watch: Israeli Olympian Guy Barnea Experiments With PVC Pipe Drills|first=Hannah|last=Hecht|date=March 11, 2016|website=SwimSwam}} At the 2010 NCAA Swimming Championships, he came in third in the 100m backstroke with a time of 46.23.

Barnea trained at The Race Club, a swim camp in Florida founded by Olympic swimmers Gary Hall, Jr. and his father, Gary Hall, Sr. train elite swimmers across the world in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. To train with it, one must either have been ranked in the world top 20 the prior three years or top three in their nation in the past year.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theraceclub.net/mission-statement/history/world-team/|title=The World Team – The Race Club|access-date=23 May 2012|archive-date=20 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820233114/http://theraceclub.com/mission-statement/history-of-swim-camps/world-team/|url-status=dead}}

Barnea competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ISR/summer/2008/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044337/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ISR/summer/2008/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=Israel at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=November 14, 2011}} He came in 15th in the Men's 100m backstroke with a time of 54.50.

He won a bronze medal in the 50m backstroke at the 2009 World University Games with a time of 25.09. That year, Barnea set what at the time was the Israeli record in the 50m backstroke, with a time of 24.64.{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/kopelev-posts-the-fastest-50-backstroke-of-2016/|title=Kopelev Posts the Fastest 50 Backstroke of 2016|first=Jeff|last=Grace|date=July 28, 2016|website=SwimSwam}} At the 2009 Maccabiah Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's 100m backstroke with a time of 54.22, setting a new Maccabiah Games record and Israeli record.{{Cite web|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/maccabiah-games-guy-barnea-sets-israeli-record/|title=Maccabiah Games: Guy Barnea Sets Israeli Record|date=July 21, 2009}}

In 2010, Barnea won the long course European Aquatics Championships bronze medal in the 50m backstroke. He won a silver medal in the 50m backstroke at the 2011 World University Games with a time of 25.21.{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/2011-wugs-day-3-feigen-takes-mens-100-free-costa-schmid-nears-national-record-in-200-free/|title=2011 WUGs Day 3: Feigen Takes Men's 100 Free, Costa-Schmid Nears National Record in 200 Free|first=Braden|last=Keith|date=August 16, 2011|website=SwimSwam}}

In 2012, he won the long course European Aquatics Championships bronze medal in the 50m backstroke again, and a European Short Course Swimming Championships silver medal in the 50m backstroke with an Israeli record time of 23.46.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4310919,00.html|title=Guy Barnea wins silver medal at European Swimming Championship|newspaper=Ynetnews |date=November 23, 2012|via=www.ynetnews.com}}

In August 2014 at the Israeli national swimming championships Barnea won a gold medal in the 50m backstroke with a time of 25.12.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/sports/swimming-nationals-end-on-a-high-with-israeli-record-369849|title=Swimming nationals end on a high with Israeli record|website=The Jerusalem Post|date=3 August 2014 }} At the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships in December, he set a new national record of 51.36 in the 100m butterfly.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/sports/israel-claims-1st-medal-on-opening-day-in-netanya-436133|title=Israel claims 1st medal on opening day in Netanya|website=The Jerusalem Post|date=3 December 2015 }}

As of March 2016, he held the Israeli records in the long course 50 backstroke (24.64), the short course 50 backstroke (23.27), and the long course 100 fly (51.36). In August 2016 he won the gold medal at the Eindhoven Swim Cup (Dutch Championships) in the 100m backstroke, with a time of 55.19.{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/watch-videos-day-5-eindhoven/|title=Watch: Finals Race Videos From Day 5 Of The 2016 Eindhoven Swim Cup|first=Hannah|last=Hecht|date=April 10, 2016|website=SwimSwam}}

At the 2017 Scottish National Championships, Barnea won the men’s 100m backstroke in a time of 54.49, close to his lifetime personal best of 54.29.{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/oconnor-records-209-36-200-im-scottish-championships/|title=O'Connor Records a 2:09.36 200 IM at Scottish Championships|first=Jeff|last=Grace|date=July 1, 2016|website=SwimSwam}}

At the 2017 Maccabiah Games, in the special 4x50m relay race between Israeli and American all-star teams, American Olympic champions Lenny Krayzelburg (four Olympic golds), Jason Lezak (four Olympic golds), and Anthony Ervin (three Olympic golds), with masters swimmer Alex Blavatnik, swam a time of 1:48.23 and defeated Israeli Olympians Barnea, Yoav Bruck, Eran Groumi, and Tal Stricker, who had a time of 1:51.25.[http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sports/Records-fall-as-Olympians-shine-at-Maccabiah-Games-499449 "Records fall as Olympians shine at Maccabiah Games,"] The Jerusalem Post.

References

External links

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20101226001521/http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/barnea_guy00.html Guy Barnea] at California Golden Bears (archived)

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Category:1987 births

Category:Living people

Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople

Category:Jewish swimmers

Category:Olympic swimmers for Israel

Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Maccabiah Games medalists in swimming

Category:Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel

Category:Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games

Category:Competitors at the 2017 Maccabiah Games

Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming