Kemal Arda Gürdal

Kemal Arda GÜRDAL
Personal information
Nationality  TUR
Born (1990-07-02) 2 July 1990
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Galatasaray Swimming

Kemal Arda Gürdal (born 2 July 1990) is a Turkish freestyle swimmer.[1] At the 2012 European Aquatics Championships held in Debrecen, Hungary, he set a new national record in 100 m freestyle with 49.64, and equaled the national record in 200 m freestyle of Aytekin Mindan from 2002.[2]

Gürdal was invited for participation in the 100 m freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3] At the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey, he won two silver and two bronze medals.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2009 World Aquatics Championships Rome, Italy 53 200 m freestyle 1:50.79
47 400 m freestyle 3:59.47
2012 Swim Cup Eindhoven[4] Eindhoven, Netherlands 6 100 m freestyle 50.96
7 200 m freestyle 1:53.32
9 50 m backstroke 26.60
Swim Cup[5] Amsterdam, Netherlands 8 50 m freestyle 23.79
11 100 m freestyle 51.78
5 200 m freestyle 1:52.99
Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom 27 100 m freestyle 49.71
European Championships[2] Debrecen, Hungary 14 (prelim) 100 m freestyle 49.64 NR
21 (prelim) 200 m freestyle 1:50.40=Equal to NR
World Championships (25 m) Istanbul, Turkey 24 200 m freestyle 1:46.09
8 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:13.73 *
2013 Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey 2nd, silver medalist(s) 100 m freestyle
2nd, silver medalist(s) 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 4 × 100 m medley relay

References

  1. ↑ Kemal Arda Gürdal. sports-reference.com
  2. 1 2 "31th [sic] European Championship – LCM – Kemal Arda Gurdal". My Sport Records. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Kemal Arda Gürdal'a olimpiyat daveti". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 5 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Swim Cup Eindhoven – LCM – Kemal Arda Gurdal". My Sport Records. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Swim Cup – LCM – Kemal Arda Gurdal". My Sport Records. Retrieved 7 July 2012.


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