Nezir Karap
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National team | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Istanbul, Turkey | January 2, 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Enkaspor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nezir Karap (born January 2, 1994) is a Turkish swimmer competing in the freestyle stroke event.[1] He was a member of Galatasaray Swimming before he tranferred to Enkaspor.[1][2][3]
He won the silver medal in the 200 m freestyle, the bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle,[4] the bronze medal in the 800 m freestyle, the gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay and the silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay event of the Aquatics at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang, Indonesia.[5]
Karap took the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay event at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey.[6]
He holds a number of national records including in 400m freestyle (3:50.07 in 2015),[2][7] 800m freestyle (7:59.20 in 2016),[8] 1500m freestyle (15:16.29 in 2016),[9] and 4×200m freestyle relay (7:22.15 in 2015).[10]
He earned a quota spot for the 2016 Summer Olympics with his performance in the 400m freestyle event at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia.[11] His time was also a new national record.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Sporcu Bilgileri - Nezir Karap" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- 1 2 3 "Yüzücümüz Nezir Karap Olimpiyat A Barajını Geçti" (in Turkish). Galatasaray Spor Kulübü. 2015-08-03. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "Mustafa Acet Anısına Türkcell Açık Yaş Yüzme Şampiyonası (50 M.) Mersin 25-29.5.2016" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Yüzme Federasyonu. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "Türkiye 19 madalya kazandı". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "3. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları - Türkiye yüzmede 6 madalya kazandı". Spor Haberleri (in Turkish). 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "Milliler bronz madalya kazandı". Spor X (in Turkish). 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "Men's 400m Freestyle - 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Doha (QAT)". Doha 2014. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "800 m Freestyle - Men Preliminary - LEN European Aquatics Championships" (PDF). London 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "1500 m Freestyle - Men Preliminary - LEN European Aquatics Championships" (PDF). London 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "Men's 4x200m Freestyl - 16th FINA World Championships Kazan (RUS)". FINA. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ↑ "Milli yüzücü Rio 2016 biletini kaptı". Gündem Kıbrıs (in Turkish). 2015-08-02. Retrieved 2016-06-27.