| Miriam Siderenski | |
| Birth Date: | 1941 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Belgian Congo |
| Height: | 5-4.5 (165 cm) |
| Weight: | 126 lbs (57 kg) |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres |
| Nationals: | Israeli Champion in 60 metres (1962), 100 metres (1961-62, 1964-65), and 200 metres (1962, 1964-65). |
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Miriam Louise Marie Siderenski (also Miryam and Sidranski (-Catzenstein); Hebrew: מרים סידרנסקי; born 11 November 1941) is a Congolese-born Israeli former Olympic runner.[1] She was the Israeli Champion in the 60 metres, 100 metres, and 200 metres.
She was born in Belgian Congo, and is of Jewish descent.[2] Her father was born in Poland, and studied medicine in Belgium.[3] She studied physical education at the Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel.[3] She married Yitzhak Katzenstein, has three children, and lives in Kfar Shmaryahu.[3]
Siderenski's personal bests were 11.6 in the 100 metres (1964) and 24.68 in the 200 metres (1964).[1] She was the Israeli Champion in the 60 metres (1962), 100 metres (1961–62, 1964-65), and 200 metres (1962, 1964–65).[4]
In July 1964 Siderenski ran the 100 metre dash in 12.0, and lowered her 400-metre record from 59.2 to 47.6.[5] In October 1964 in a meet in France with some of Europe's best runners she won the women's 100-metre dash in 12.1.[6]
Siderenski competed for Israel at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, at the age of 22 in Athletics.[1] In the Women's 100 metres she came in 6th in Heat 3, with a time of 12.1 (missing advancing by 0.1 seconds), and in the Women's 200 metres she came in 4th in Heat 4, with a time of 24.6 (setting a new Israeli record), finishing in 21st place.[1] [2] When she competed in the Olympics she was 5-4.5 (165 cm) tall and weighed 126 lbs (57 kg).[1]
Her coach was Amitzur Shapira, an Israeli sprinter and long jumper in the 1950s and a coach for the Israeli track and field team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, who was murdered by Palestinian terrorists in the Munich massacre.[3]