Dilara Buse Günaydın (born July 5, 1989 in Gölcük,

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, Turkey) is a Turkish swimmer competing in the

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events. The tall sportswoman at transferred to Galatasaray Swimming from Fenerbahçe Swimming. She graduated from Journalism Department at the Faculty of Communications from

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. Günaydın is holder of the national record in 50 m breastroke with 31.63 set at the

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, Turkey. She represented her country in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the

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without advancing to the finals. Günaydın qualified to participate in the 100 m breaststroke event at the

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by setting a new national record with 1.09.27. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke. Günaydın improved her own national record to 31.23 in the semifinals of 50 m breaststroke event at the 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships held in

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, where she ranked 8th in the finals. At the

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held in

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, Turkey, she won one silver and two bronze medals.

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