Serhiy Anatoliyevich Serhieiev (also ''Serkan Atasay'', uk, Сергій Анатолійович Сергеєв; born March 11, 1970) is a Ukrainian-born Turkish swimmer, who specialized in butterfly and individual medley events. He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2004, and 2008), a multiple-time Ukrainian champion, and a five-time Turkish record holder. He is also a member of
Fenerbahçe Swimming.
Atasay's Olympic debut came as a member of the Ukrainian team at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in
Atlanta
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. At that event he placed 23rd in the
200m individual medley with a time of 2:06.30.
Eight years later, Atasay qualified again for the
200m individual medley by clearing a FINA B-cut of 2:03.01 at the Ukrainian Open Championships in
Kyiv
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. Swimming in heat four, he edged out Barbados'
Bradley Ally
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to take a third spot and 22nd overall by 0.03 of a second in 2:03.26.
At the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, Atasay, under a different name, represented Turkey as ''Serkan Atasay''. He qualified for the third straight time in the
200m individual medley by achieving a
FINA
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B-standard entry time of 2:04.56 from the Acropolis Grand Prix in
Athens, Greece
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. He competed against six other swimmers in the second heat, including two-time Olympian
Miguel Molina of the Philippines. Atasay came sixth. Atasay failed to advance into the semi-finals, as he placed 42nd overall in the preliminary heats.
References
External links
NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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1970 births
Living people
Turkish male butterfly swimmers
Ukrainian male swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Turkey
Olympic swimmers for Ukraine
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Male medley swimmers
Fenerbahçe swimmers
Sportspeople from Zaporizhzhia
Ukrainian emigrants to Turkey
Turkish people of Ukrainian descent