Serkan Atasay
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Serhiy Anatoliyevich Serhieiev |
| National team |
 Ukraine Turkey |
| Born |
11 March 1970 Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly, medley |
| Club | Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (TUR) |
| Coach | Oleksandr Yaremenko (UKR) |
Serhiy Anatoliyevich Serhieiev (also Serkan Atasay, Ukrainian: Сергій Анатолійович Сергеєв; born March 11, 1970) is a Ukrainian-born Turkish swimmer, who specialized in butterfly and individual medley events.[1] He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2004, and 2008), a multiple-time Ukrainian champion, and a five-time Turkish record holder in the same stroke. He is also a member of Fenerbahçe Swimming.
Atasay's Olympic debut came as a member of the Ukrainian team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he placed twenty-third in the 200 m individual medley with a time of 2:06.30.[2]
Eight years later, Atasay qualified again for the 200 m individual medley by clearing a FINA B-cut of 2:03.01 from the Ukrainian Open Championships in Kiev.[3] Swimming in heat four, he edged out Barbados' Bradley Ally to take a third spot and twenty-second overall by 0.03 of a second in 2:03.26.[4][5]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Atasay accepted his nationality transfer by FINA to play for the Turkish team under a new name Serkan Atasay.[6] He qualified for the third straight time in the 200 m individual medley by achieving a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:04.56 from the Acropolis Grand Prix in Athens, Greece.[7] He challenged six other swimmers on the second heat, including two-time Olympian Miguel Molina of the Philippines. Atasay edged out Venezuela's Leopoldo Andara to take the sixth spot by nearly half a second (0.50) in 2:05.25. Atasay failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-second overall in the preliminary heats.[8]
References
- ↑ "Serkan Atasay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 3" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 48. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 4". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Men’s 200 Individual Medley, Day 5 Prelims: Laszlo Cseh Clocks Swift 1:59.50, Leads Michael Phelps into Semis". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ ""Yeni Türkler" Pekin"de madalya arayacak" ["New Turks" at Beijing in the search for medals] (in Turkish). Radikal. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Individual Medley" Check
|url= - ↑ "Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 1 December 2012.