Berke Saka

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Berke Saka
Personal information
Born (2003-07-09) 9 July 2003 (age 21)
Istanbul, Turkey
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
Club Galatasaray
College team Georgia Tech [1]
Medal record
Men's Swimming
Representing Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Senior level
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Belgrade 200 m medley
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Konya 100 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Konya 200 m backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Konya 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Konya 200 m individual medley
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Oran 4×100 m medley
Youth level
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Rome 200 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Rome200 m backstroke
European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Baku 200 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 Baku200 m medley

Berke Saka (born 9 July 2003) is a Turkish male swimmer competing in the backstroke event. [2]

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Career

Saka is a member of Galatasaray Swimming. He broke the 13-years old national record of Derya Büyükuncu in the 200 m backstroke event with 1:58.08. [3] He set a national record in the 200 metres individual medley event for 17-18 age class with 2:01.58 at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. [4] He won the silver medal in the 200 m backstroke event with 2:01.62 and the bronze medal in the 200 m individual medley event with 2:03.25 at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaycan. [5] [6] He won the gold medal in the 200 m individual medley, the silver medal in the 200 m backstroke event of the 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy. [7]

He obtained a quota for participation at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [8] Saka was the flag bearer for Turkey together with Merve Tuncel at the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. [9]

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References

  1. Pelshaw, Anya (4 October 2021). "Brazilian Joao Victor Caballero to Join Georgia Tech for 2021-2022 Season". SwimSwam . Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  2. "Berka Saka" (in Turkish). Türk Sporu. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. "Berke Saka'dan yeni rekor!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray Spor Kulübü. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  4. "Berke Saka 17-18 yaş rekorunun yeni sahibi oldu" (in Turkish). Galatasaray Spor Kulübü. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  5. "Türkiye, EYOF'ta 27 madalya kazandı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 28 July 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  6. Rehimov, Mustafa (24 July 2019). "Türk sporculardan Bakü'de 6 madalya". ANadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  7. "Milli Takım 15 madalya kazandı". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 12 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  8. "Milli yüzücü Berke Saka Tokyo Olimpiyat Oyunları'na kota aldı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 24 April 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  9. "Tokyo 2020 Olimpiyatları resmen başladı". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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