Jim Piper

Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion
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IntroAustralian swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion
A.K.A.Jim Alan Piper
A.K.A.Jim Alan Piper
PlacesAustralia
isAthlete Swimmer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth13 August 1981, Campbelltown
Age43 years
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Biography

Jim Alan Piper (born 13 August 1981) 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
Short Course Worlds: 2002
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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