Turkish swimmer (born 2007)
Emir Batur Albayrak (born 7 June 2007) is a Turkish Junior Olympian swimmer who specializes in the 1500 m freestyle swimming and marathon swimming events.
Sport career
Albayrak is a member of Antalyaspor Swimming.[1][2] He is 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) tall.[3]
2020
In 2020, Albayrak set new national records in the U13 400 m freestyle event with 8:14.46 and in the U13 800 m freestyle with 8:31.07.[4]
2022
He captured the gold medal in the U16 5 km open water event with 1:06:41.7 at the 2022 LEN European Junior Open Water Championships held in Setúbal, Portugal.[5][6] He won another gold medal in the U16 Mixed team relay event with his three teammates in 58:55.7.[7]
He took the silver medal in the 1500 m freestyle event at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.[8]
Albayrak won the bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle event at the 2022 European Junior Championships in Otopeni, Romania. He improved his own national U16 record wşth 15:15.24.[1]
He competed at the Open water swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and ranked 20th in the 5 km event, and placed 12th in the Mixed team event with his three teammates.[2]
At the 2022 FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Mahé, Seychelles, he placed 7th in the U15 5 km event with his time 49:00.70. He and his teammates finished the 4x1500 m event on the 10th place.[9]
2023
At the 2023 European Junior Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, he won bronze medals in the freestyle events of 1500 m,[10] and 4×200 m.[11]
He captured the gold medal in the 400 m freestyle event of the
2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia, and set a festival boys record with 3:51.29.[12]
2024
He competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
in Doha, Qatar. In the 400 m freestyle,[13] and the 1500 m freestyle events,[14] he failed to advance to the final. At the Open water swimming competitions of the same championships, he finished the 5 km event on the 18th place,[15] and ranked in the 10 km event on the 27th place. He and his three teammates finished the Team event on the 16th place.
Albayrak received a quota for participation at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[16] He competed in the 1500 m freestyle,[14] and failed to advance to the finals. He did not finish the marathon 10 km event.[17]
Personal life
Emir Batur Albayrak was born on 7 June 2007.[3] He is a high school student at Doğa Schools in Antalya.[4]
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