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
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| Full name | Jim Alan Piper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 August 1981 Campbelltown, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he finished 19th in the 100-metre breaststroke and was a member of Australia's 9th-place men's 4×100-metre medley relay team. He also reached and swam in the final heat of the 200-metre breaststroke, where he was disqualified for using an illegal kick.[3]
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, he won the 200-metre 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-metre breaststroke 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Piper's entry Archived 18 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine from sports-reference.com; retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ^ Jim Piper swims the 200m breaststroke at the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships. Posted by Getty Images on 26 August 2002; retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ^ Setting the Record Straight by Barry Svrluga, The Washington Post. Published 19 August 2004; retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ^ SC Worlds 2002 results: Men's 200m Breaststroke – final. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 5 April 2002; retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ^ SWA Board & Committees page Archived 28 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine from the Swimming Western Australia website; retrieved 27 June 2013.
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