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

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. 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 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival held in

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, Azerbaijan. He competed in the

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, 800 m,

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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 Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Turkey Wisconsin Badgers men's swimmers 21st-century Turkish people