Jim Alan Piper (born 13 August 1981) is a former Olympic

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from Australia. He swam for Australia at the: *Olympics:

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*World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007 *Commonwealth Games:

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*Pan Pacific Championships: 2002 *Short Course Worlds: 2002 At the

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in Athens, he finished 19th in the 100-metre breaststroke and was a member of Australia's 9th-place men's 4×100-metre medley relay team. He also reached and swam in the final heat of the 200-metre breaststroke, where he was disqualified for using an illegal kick. At the

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, he won the 200-metre breaststroke. Four years later, at the

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, he finished third in

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. At the 2002 Short Course Worlds, he won the 200-metre breaststroke in a new meet record (2:07.16). As of 2013, he is a board member of Swimming Western Australia, a state federation of

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.SWA Board & Committees page
from the Swimming Western Australia website; retrieved 27 June 2013.

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1981 births Living people Australian male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Australia Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming Sportsmen from New South Wales Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Goodwill Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games 21st-century Australian people Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub

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