When Ron Polonsky competed at the Tokyo Olympics and swam personal-best times representing Israel, he still felt an enormous void: His younger sister, Leah, wasn't there. Now, they are both trying to qualify for the Paris Games together and training at rival Bay Area universities — Ron at Stanford and Leah at California in Berkeley.
Siblings Leah and Ron Polonsky are photographed, Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Stanford, Calif. Ron swims for Stanford. Leah competes at rival California, in nearby Berkeley. Siblings Leah, left, and Ron Polonsky walk through the Stanford University campus, Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Stanford, Calif. Ron swims for Stanford. Leah competes at rival California, in nearby Berkeley. Siblings Ron and Leah Polonsky are photographed, Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Stanford, Calif. Ron swims for Stanford.
“They are siblings that help each other in every way, both known for being extremely hard workers,” Marsh said. “Both very competitive, both very smart, and outstanding people.” Their parents and two younger siblings left Israel last year to be closer to them and now live in San Jose. The entire family would be thrilled with a trip to Paris.“Although I swam a personal best, which is super important at an Olympics ... I still felt like something was missing, and it’s probably because my sister Leah was not there,” Ron said.
As kids, Ron and Leah would head out for their ballroom dancing practices at ages 5 and 6, and also began swimming together. When coaches eventually pushed Leah to choose between dancing and swimming, she stuck with Ron and swimming. Ron surprised Leah at a Stanford-Cal women’s meet when she was still finding her footing and needed the lift of seeing her brother’s face. She did the same for him when the Cal men went to Stanford.
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