Hüseyin Emre Sakçı (born 15 November 1997) is a Turkish

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specialized in

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. Sakçı holds the short-course world record in 50 meters breaststroke (24.95), the European record for 100 meters breaststroke (55.74), Turkish short-course records in 50 meters

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, 100 meters freestyle, 200 meters freestyle, 50 meters breaststroke, 100 meters breaststroke, 100 meters

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as well as long-course records in 50 meters freestyle, 50 meters breaststroke and 100 meters breaststroke.

Athletic career

In a first ever for Turkish swimming, Sakçı won the silver medal in the 2019 European Short Course Championship in the 50 meter breaststroke with a time of 25.82 seconds. Subsequently, Sakçı broke the short-course European record in 50 meters breaststroke with a time of 25.50 seconds on 26 October 2020 during the 2020 ISL (

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) races making him the only Turkish swimmer ever to break a European record in any stroke not in the junior category. Sakçı further advanced his European Short Course 50 meter breaststroke record on 5 November 2020 again during the ISL competitions, only 0.04 seconds off the World record. Sakçı added a third European short-course record, this time in 100 meters breaststroke, with a time of 55.74, .13 seconds off the World record. Sakçı qualified for the

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with Olympic A qualification standard time in 100 meters breaststroke.

Training

Sakçı belongs to a new generation of Turkish swimmers that have solely trained in Turkey instead of going to the US for college, as was done in the past by successful Turkish swimmers. Sakçı trains in his hometown of

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with his coach Türker Oktay.

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sakci, Emre 1997 births Living people 21st-century Turkish people European Games competitors for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Olympic swimmers for Turkey Swimmers at the 2015 European Games Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Turkish male breaststroke swimmers Turkish male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from İzmir Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey