Berke Saka (born 9 July 2003) is a Turkish male swimmer competing in the

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event.

Career

Saka is a member of

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. He broke the 13-years old national record of

Derya Büyükuncu Derya Büyükuncu (; born 2 July 1976) is a six-time Olympic backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Turkey. The tall athlete at is a member of Galatasaray Swimming. His coach is Zehra Büyükuncu. He participated in six consecutive Summer Oly ...

in the 200 m backstroke event with 1:58.08. He set a national record in the

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event for 17-18 age class with 2:01.58 at the

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, Hungary. He won the silver medal in the 200 m backstroke event with 2:01.62 and the bronze medal in the 200 m individual medley event with 2:03.25 at the

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, Azerbaycan. He won the gold medal in the 200 m individual medley, the silver medal in the 200 m backstroke event of the

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, Italy. He obtained a quota for participation at the

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. Saka was the flag bearer for Turkey together with

Merve Tuncel Merve Tuncel (born 1 January 2005) is a Turkish swimmer specialized in the freestyle swimming. She qualified for the 800m and 1500m freestyle events of the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is a member of Enka SK. Early years Merve Tuncel was born to S ...

at the

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