Hakan Kiper

Hakan Kiper

Personal information
Full name	Hakan Kiper
National team	Turkey
Born	(1973-08-04) 4 August 1973 (age 51)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Galatasaray Spor Kulübü

Hakan Kiper (born August 4, 1973) is a Turkish former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.^[1] During his sporting career, he held numerous Turkish championship titles and meet records, and played for Galatasaray Spor Kulübü. Kiper also represented Turkey, as a 27-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he served as the captain of the national swimming team.

Kiper competed only in the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.^[2] He achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:05.29 from the Speedo Turkish Open Championships in Istanbul.^[3] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including three-time Olympian Jorg Lindemeier of Namibia. He rounded out the field to last place in 1:07.46, a 3.34-second deficit from leader Vadim Tatarov of Moldova. Kiper failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixtieth overall on the first day of prelims.^[4][5][6]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hakan Kiper". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
2. Yiğit, Hakan (14 September 2000). "Türk sporcuların ilk gün programları" [First day program for Turkish athletes] (in Turkish). NTV (Turkey). Retrieved 13 June 2013.
3. "Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
4. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 240. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
5. Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
6. "Thorpe, Sydney'i ayağa kaldırdı" [Thorpe picks up a title in Sydney] (in Turkish). Radikal. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

External links

• Profile – Galatasaray Swimming (in Turkish)