İlkay Dikmen

İlkay Dikmen (born February 2, 1981 in Izmir, Turkey) is a Turkish female swimmer competing in the breaststroke events. The 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) tall sportswoman at 60 kg (130 lb) is a member of Fenerbahçe Swimming in Istanbul.[1]

İlkay Dikmen
Personal information
Nationality TUR
Born (1981-02-02) February 2, 1981
Izmir, Turkey
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubFenerbahçe Swimming
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Women's Swimming
Mediterranean Games
2001 Tunis 100m breast
2001 Tunis 200m breast

She was born to Atilla and İlknur Dikmen in Izmir. She has a younger brother Eray.[2]

In 1992, she became the Turkish champion in her age group in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke, the 100 m backstroke, the 100 m freestyle and the 200 m individual medley events. She swam in the swimming team of Fenerbahçe during the last two years of high school.[2]

After completing the high school in Turkey, she went to Champaign, Illinois, United States for university education.[3] Between 2000 and 2003, Dikmen swam for the University of Illinois' sports team Illinois Fighting Illini.[2] She contributed to her school's success and set also a school record in the 200-yard breaststroke event.[4]

Dikmen took part at the 100 m breaststroke and 200 m breaststroke events of the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. In July 2004, she carried the Olympic torch in Istanbul.[2]

At the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2005 held in Trieste, Italy, she set a national record in 200 m breaststroke with 2:27.98.[5]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Turkey
2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia 23rd 100 m breaststroke 1:11.51
Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia 24th 200 m breaststroke 2:33.34
2001 Mediterranean Games Tunis, Tunisia 100 m breaststroke 1:11.17
200 m breaststroke 2:32.34
2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece 26th 100 m breaststroke 1:11.69
Summer Olympics Athens, Greece 19th 200 m breaststroke 2:32.69
2005 European Short Course Swimming Championships Trieste, Italy 11th 200 m breaststroke 2.27.98 NR
Mediterranean Games Almeria, Spain 4th 100 m breaststroke 1:11.77[6]
23rd Summer Universiade Izmir, Turkey 8th 100 m breaststroke 1:11.70[7]

Honors
  • 2003 Illinois Swimming Association Swimmer of the Year[8]

References
  1. "İlkay Dikmen". Sports Reference/Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  2. "Women's Swimming-Ilkay Dikmen". Fighting Illini. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  3. "Dream Big Profile: Ilkay Dikmen". Big Ten. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  4. "Illinois swims to third as Dikmen sets record". Illini HQ. 2001-11-18. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  5. "İlkay Dikmen'den Türkiye Rekoru" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe. 2005-12-09. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  6. "İlkay Dikmen 'bronz'u kaçırdı". NTV-MSNBC (in Turkish). 2005-06-25. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  7. "Madalya alamadık" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  8. "Ilkay Dikmen Named ISA Swimmer of the Year". Fighting Illini. 2003-05-23. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
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