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 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]