Özlem Yasemin Taşkın (born October 28, 1985) is a Turkish former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. She is a five-time Turkish champion in the 200 and 400 m freestyle, and a member of

Galatasaray Swimming Galatasaray Swimming Team is the men's and women's swimming (sport), swimming section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. Technical and managerial staff Current squad Galatasaray swimming team International success ...

Team, under her coach Yılmaz Özüak. Taskin qualified for the women's 400 m freestyle at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

. She eclipsed a FINA B-standard entry time of 4:23.69 from the Turkish Open Championships in Izmir. She challenged five other swimmers on the first heat, including two-time Olympians

Pilin Tachakittiranan Pilin Tachakittiranan ( th, ไพลิน เตชะกฤตธีระนันท์; born June 14, 1983) is a Thai former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events. She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a multip ...

of Thailand and Ivanka Moralieva of Bulgaria. She raced to fourth place by 0.46 of a second behind Tachakittiranan in 4:24.08. Parshina failed to reach into the top 8 final, as she placed thirty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.

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