Demir Atasoy
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| Full name | Dmitriy Cherkasov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
26 May 1987 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Demir Atasoy (also Dmitry Cherkasov, born May 26, 1987 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian-born Turkish swimmer, who specialized in the breaststroke events.[1]
Atasoy qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard time of 1:02.43 from the Croatian Open Championships in Dubrovnik.[2] He challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including three-time Olympian Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson of Iceland. Atasoy edged out Serbia's Čaba Silađi to take the second spot by six hundredths of a second (0.06), posting his lifetime best of 1:02.25.[3] Atasoy failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-ninth overall on the first night of preliminaries.[4]
At the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey, he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay.
He won four gold medals and one silver medal at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2013 | 17th Mediterranean Games | Mersin, Turkey | 3rd | 4 × 100 m medley | |
| 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games | Palembang, Indonesia | 1st | 50 m breaststroke | 28.21 | |
| 1st | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.27 | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:24.77 | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:44.20 | |||
| 2nd | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:32.20 |
References
- ↑ "Demir Atasoy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 100m Breaststroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 28. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "Yüzmede Demir Atasoy elendi" [Demir Atasoy eliminated in swimming] (in Turkish). Milliyet. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 4". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 1 December 2012.