Nilay Erkal

Nilay Erkal (born 1999) is a Turkish female long-distance swimmer. She is a member of Galatasaray Sports Club. She is also studying in Pharmacy School in Yeditepe University. [1]

Nilay Erkal
Personal information
National teamTurkey
Born02.01.1999
Denizli, Turkey
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubGalatasaray S.K.

Nilay Erkal was born in Denizli, Turkey in 1999. She started swimming at 8 years old in Marmaris, Muğla. In 2011, she became Turkish champion in the 200 m butterfly event of 12-year age category.[2]

She won the 2015 Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim in the women's category,[3] and became the first again in 2016 with a time of 0:52:38.[4] She finished the same event in 2017 with a time of 0:55:01 as runner-up in the women's category, and first in the 14–18 years-age category.[1]

In July 2016, she finished 7500m in 9th place in the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships Hoorn/Netherlands

In 2016 Marathon Swimming Qualification Tournament, she finished 10km with the time of 2:02:26.8.

In December 2017, she won the bronze medal in 800 m freestyle event of the Vancouver Pacific Swim competition in Canada.[5]

She is the three-time winner of the Meis–Kaş Swim. In 2019, she improved her own course record by five minutes to 1:32.[6]

References
  1. "Boğaziçi'nin Yıldızı Nilay Erkal Oldu". Boğaz gazetesi (in Turkish). 26 July 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. "Marmarisli Şampiyon Yüzücü Ödüllendiridi <ate=10 June 2011". Haber 3 (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. "Asya'dan Avrupa'ya yüzdüler". Evrensel (in Turkish). 26 July 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  4. "Nilay Erkal Wins Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim". World Open Water Swimming Associatipn. 24 July 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  5. "VPSC Swims Tough in Pointe-Claire". TeamUnify. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  6. "Swimmers race for friendship between Greece and Turkey". Hürriyet Daily News. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.


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