Nilay Erkal

Nilay Erkal (born 1 February 1999) is a Turkish long-distance swimmer. She is a member of Galatasaray Athletics. She is also studying in Pharmacy School at Yeditepe University.[1]

Nilay Erkal
Personal information
National teamTurkey
Born (1999-02-01) 1 February 1999
Denizli, Turkey
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubGalatasaray Sports Club
College teamDalhousie University Varsity Women's Swimming
CoachLance Cansdale

Nilay Erkal was born in Denizli, Turkey in 1999. She started swimming at age 8 in Marmaris, Muğla. In 2011, she became Turkish champion in the 200 m butterfly event of 12-year age category.[2]

She won the 2015 Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim in the women's category,[3] and became the first again in 2016 with a time of 0:52:38.[4] She finished the same event in 2017 with a time of 0:55:01 as runner-up in the women's category, and first in the 14–18 years-age category.[1]

In July 2016, she finished 7500m in 9th place in the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships Hoorn/Netherlands

In 2016 Marathon Swimming Qualification Tournament, she finished 10 km with the time of 2:02:26.8.

In December 2017, she won the bronze medal in 800 m freestyle event of the Vancouver Pacific Swim competition in Canada.[5]

She is the three-time winner of the Meis–Kaş Swim. In 2019, she improved her own course record by five minutes to 1:32.[6]

References

  1. "Boğaziçi'nin Yıldızı Nilay Erkal Oldu". Boğaz gazetesi (in Turkish). 26 July 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. "Marmarisli Şampiyon Yüzücü Ödüllendiridi <ate=10 June 2011". Haber 3 (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. "Asya'dan Avrupa'ya yüzdüler". Evrensel (in Turkish). 26 July 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  4. "Nilay Erkal Wins Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim". World Open Water Swimming Associatipn. 24 July 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  5. "VPSC Swims Tough in Pointe-Claire". TeamUnify. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  6. "Swimmers race for friendship between Greece and Turkey". Hürriyet Daily News. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

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