Full name Jim Alan Piper Name Jim Piper National team Australia Role Olympic swimmer | Sport Swimming Height 1.87 m Strokes Breaststroke Weight 82 kg | |
Born 13 August 1981 (age 42) ( 1981-08-13 ) Campbelltown, New South Wales | ||
Jim Alan Piper (born 13 August 1981) is a former Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He swam for Australia at the:
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.
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).
As of 2013, he is a board member of Swimming Western Australia, a state federation of Swimming Australia.
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