Nilay Erkal (born 1 February 1999) is a Turkish
long-distance swimmer. She is a member of
Galatasaray Athletics
Galatasaray Athletics Team is the men's and women's athletics section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey.
Some Notable Athletes
* Şehit Celal (First Turkish Athlete)
* Silifkeli Şükrü Halil Dölek
* Fuat Salih
* R ...
. She is also studying in Pharmacy School at
Yeditepe University
Yeditepe University is a private foundation university situated in Istanbul, Turkey. Established by the Istanbul Education and Culture Foundation ( tr, İstanbul Eğitim ve Kültür Vakfı, İSTEK Vakfı) in 1996, Yeditepe University now claims t ...
.
Nilay Erkal was born in
Denizli
Denizli is an industrial city in the southwestern part of Turkey and the eastern end of the alluvial valley formed by the river Büyük Menderes, where the plain reaches an elevation of about . Denizli is located in the country's Aegean Region. ...
, Turkey in 1999. She started swimming at age 8 in
Marmaris
Marmaris () is a port city and tourist resort on the Mediterranean coast, located in Muğla Province, southwest Turkey, along the shoreline of the Turkish Riviera.
Although Marmaris is known for its honey, its main source of income is internationa ...
, Muğla. In 2011, she became Turkish champion in the 200 m butterfly event of 12-year age category.
She won the 2015
Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim in the women's category,
and became the first again in 2016 with a time of 0:52:38.
She finished the same event in 2017 with a time of 0:55:01 as runner-up in the women's category, and first in the 14–18 years-age category.
In July 2016, she finished 7500m in 9th place in the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships Hoorn/Netherlands
In 2016 Marathon Swimming Qualification Tournament, she finished 10 km with the time of 2:02:26.8.
In December 2017, she won the bronze medal in 800 m freestyle event of the Vancouver Pacific Swim competition in Canada.
She is the three-time winner of the
Meis–Kaş Swim. In 2019, she improved her own course record by five minutes to 1:32.
References
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1999 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Denizli
Turkish female long-distance swimmers
Galatasaray Swimming swimmers