Özlem Yasemin Taşkın
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Özlem Yasemin Taşkın |
| National team |
 Turkey |
| Born |
28 October 1985 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | Galatasaray Spor Kulübü[1] |
| Coach | Yılmaz Özüak[1] |
Özlem Yasemin Taşkın (born October 28, 1985) is a Turkish former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.[2] She is a five-time Turkish champion in the 200 and 400 m freestyle, and a member of Galatasaray Swimming Team, under her coach Yılmaz Özüak.[1]
Taskin qualified for the women's 400 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She eclipsed a FINA B-standard entry time of 4:23.69 from the Turkish Open Championships in Izmir.[3] She challenged five other swimmers on the first heat, including two-time Olympians Pilin Tachakittiranan of Thailand and Ivanka Moralieva of Bulgaria. She raced to fourth place by 0.46 of a second behind Tachakittiranan in 4:24.08. Parshina failed to reach into the top 8 final, as she placed thirty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.[4][5]
References
- 1 2 3 "Umut var, iddia yok" [There is hope, do not argue] (in Turkish). Milliyet. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ↑ "Özlem Yasemin Taşkın". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Women's 400 Freestyle Prelims: France's Manaudou Powers to 4:06.76 to Lead a Fast, Wide-Open Field for the Final". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 26 April 2013.