Ket Sivan

Ket Sivan

Personal information
Full name	Ket Sivan
National team	Cambodia
Born	(1981-02-06) 6 February 1981 (age 43) Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	50 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]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ket Sivan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
2. "Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
3. "Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
4. Thomas, Stephen (20 August 2004). "Women's 50 Freestyle, Prelims Day 7: Inky Sizzles in World Best 24.66, Joyce Next in PR 25.06, Jenny Thompson Makes It Too". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
5. Derbuc, Chris (13 February 2013). "Athletics Committee is formed from local stars". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 7 May 2013.

External links

• Ket Sivan at World Aquatics
• Ket Sivan at Olympedia