Jim Piper
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| Full name | Jim Alan Piper | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
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13 August 1981 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jim Alan Piper (born 13 August 1981)[1] is a former Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He swam for Australia at the:
- Olympics: 2004
- World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007
- Commonwealth Games: 2002, 2006
- Pan Pacific Championships: 2002[2]
- Short Course Worlds: 2002
At the 2004 Olympics, he finished 19th in the 100m Breaststroke and was a member of Australia's 9th place Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Team. He also reached and swam in the final heat of the 200 breaststroke, where he was disqualified.[3]
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games he won the 200 Breaststroke. Four years later, at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, he finished third in the event.
At the 2002 Short Course Worlds, he won the 200 breast in a new meet record (2:07.16).[4]
As of 2013, he is a board member of Swimming Western Australia, a state federation of Swimming Australia.[5]
References
- ↑ Piper's entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2013-06-27
- ↑ Jim Piper swims the 200m breaststroke at the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships. Posted by Getty Images on 2002-08-26; retrieved 2013-06-27.
- ↑ Setting the Record Straight by Barry Svrluga, Washington Post. Published 2004-08-19; retrieved 2013-06-27.
- ↑ SC Worlds 2002 results: Men's 200m Breaststroke - final. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2002-04-05; retrieved 2013-06-27.
- ↑ SWA Board & Committees page from the Swimming Western Australia website; retrieved 2013-06-27.
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