Hakan Kiper (born August 4, 1973) is a Turkish former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. During his sporting career, he held numerous Turkish championship titles and meet records, and played for Galatasaray Spor Kulübü. Kiper also represented

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

, as a 27-year-old, at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

, where he served as the captain of the national swimming team. Kiper competed only in the men's 100 m breaststroke at the

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. He achieved a

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B-cut of 1:05.29 from the Speedo Turkish Open Championships in

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. 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 Vadim Tatarov (born May 3, 1971) is a Moldovan former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a former Moldovan record holder in both 100 and 200 m breaststroke. Tatarov made his Olympic de ...

of Moldova. Kiper failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixtieth overall on the first day of prelims.

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Profile – Galatasaray Swimming
1973 births Living people Turkish male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of Turkey Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Turkish male breaststroke swimmers Galatasaray Swimming swimmers 20th-century Turkish people 21st-century Turkish people {{Turkey-swimming-bio-stub