Hadar Rubinstein

{{short description|Israeli swimmer}}

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| name = Hadar Rubinstein
הדר רובינשטיין

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| nationality = Israeli

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| strokes = 200 m butterfly
200 m and 400 m freestyle

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|4|11}}

| birth_place = Israel

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Hadar Rubinstein ({{Langx|he|הדר רובינשטיין}}; born April 11, 1967) is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/hadar-rubinstein-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052509/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/hadar-rubinstein-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Hadar Rubinstein Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=}} She was born in Israel, and is Jewish.[http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=606 "Rubinstein, Hadar"]

Swimming career

Swimming for Israel at the age of 14 at the 1981 Maccabiah Games, she won gold medals in the women's 100 m butterfly with a time of 1:05.67, and in the women's 200 m butterfly (setting an Israeli record).{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/07/09/The-United-States-swimmers-engaged-the-suprising-Israeli-squad/5704363499200/|title=The United States swimmers engaged the surprising Israeli squad...|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/07/08/United-States-athletes-hoped-to-increase-their-gold-medal-catch/8119363412800/|title=United States athletes hoped to increase their gold-medal catch...|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/17/sports/maccabiah-games-end-israel-s-199-medals-lead.html|title=ISRAEL'S 199 MEDALS LEAD|date=17 July 1981|work=The New York Times}}{{cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19810731-01.1.6|title= 31 July 1981|work=Jewish Post}}

When she competed in the Olympics, she was {{convert|5|ft|2.5|in|cm|abbr=on}} tall and weighed {{convert|115|lb|kg}}.

She competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, in swimming at the age of 17. Swimming in the Women's 400 metre freestyle she came in 21st with a time of 4:34.95, competing in the Women's 200 metre butterfly she came in 26th with a time of 2:22.78, and Swimming in the Women's 200 metre freestyle she came in 26th with a time of 2:12.32.

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