Ket Sivan

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Ket Sivan
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Full nameKet Sivan
National teamFlag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia
Born (1981-02-06) 6 February 1981 (age 40)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Ket Sivan (born February 6, 1981) is a Cambodian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. [1] Ket qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle, by receiving a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 34.68. [2] She challenged six other swimmers in heat two, including 14-year-olds Sameera Al-Bitar of Bahrain and Christal Clashing of Antigua and Barbuda. She posted a lifetime best of 34.62 to save a seventh spot over Laos' Vilayphone Vongphachanh by nearly two seconds. Ket failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed seventy-first overall out of 75 swimmers on the last day of preliminaries. [3] [4]

In early 2013, Ket was named deputy officer under the athletes' commission for the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia. [5]

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References

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