Yiğit Aslan (born 11 March 2003) is a Turkish swimmer competing in freestyle events. He obtained a quota for the

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. Inspired by a poster about a swimming course in a shopping mall, he started swimming sport at the age of ten. Aslan is a member of Enka SK. He was coached by the Italian Corrado Rosso in the national team. He won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay event at the

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held in

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, Azerbaijan. He competed in the 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle relay events of the

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, Hungary. As of January 2021, he was the owner of 38 national records in various events and age categories, all set in the last five years. He is the holder of

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in the 800 m (7:51.60) and 1500 m (14:44.03) events. At the

, Hungary, he set a new national record with 3:50.59 in the 400 m juniors (age 17–18) event.

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aslan, Yigit 2003 births Living people Turkish male freestyle swimmers Enkaspor swimmers Wisconsin Badgers men's swimmers Turkish expatriate swimmers in the United States 21st-century Turkish sportsmen Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic swimmers for Turkey Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games