Nezir Karap

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] and undertakes three days of strength training a week.^[4]

Nezir Karap

Personal information
National team	Turkey
Born	(1994-01-02) 2 January 1994 (age 31) Istanbul, Turkey
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	freestyle
Club	Enkaspor
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games 2013 Palembang 200 m freestyle 2013 Palembang 400 m freestyle 2013 Palembang 800 m freestyle 2013 Palembang 4×100 m freestyle 2013 Palembang 4×200 m freestyle Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin 4×200 m freestyle

He won the silver medal in the 200 m freestyle, the bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle,^[5] 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.^[6]

Karap took the bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey.^[7]

He holds a number of national records including in 400m freestyle (3:50.07 in 2015),^[2][8] 800m freestyle (7:59.20 in 2016),^[9] 1500m freestyle (15:16.29 in 2016),^[10] and 4 × 200 m freestyle relay (7:22.15 in 2015).^[11]

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.^[12] His time was also a new national record.^[2]