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Born | Istanbul, Turkey | 2 January 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 2 January 1994) is a Turkish swimmer competing in the freestyle stroke event. [1] He was a member of Galatasaray Swimming before he transferred 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 × 200 m 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]