Özlem Yasemin Taşkın

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

"Umut var, iddia yok" [There is hope, do not argue] (in Turkish). Milliyet. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Özlem Yasemin Taşkın". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. 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.

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[turkisholympic-1] "Umut var, iddia yok" [There is hope, do not argue] (in Turkish). Milliyet. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Özlem Yasemin Taşkın". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2013.

[3] "Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 April 2013.

[4] "Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

[5] 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.