Demir Atasoy
Athlete
1987 –
Who is Demir Atasoy?
Demir Atasoy is a Ukrainian-born Turkish swimmer, who specialized in the breaststroke events.
Atasoy qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard time of 1:02.43 from the Croatian Open Championships in Dubrovnik. He challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including three-time Olympian Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson of Iceland. Atasoy edged out Serbia's Čaba Silađi to take the second spot by six hundredths of a second, posting his lifetime best of 1:02.25. Atasoy failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-ninth overall on the first night of preliminaries.
At the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey, he won the bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m medley relay.
He won four gold medals and one silver medal at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.
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