Jim Piper | |
Fullname: | Jim Alan Piper |
Strokes: | Breaststroke |
Birth Date: | 13 August 1981 |
Birth Place: | Campbelltown, New South Wales |
Height: | 1.87m (06.14feet) |
Weight: | 82kg (181lb) |
Jim Alan Piper (born 13 August 1981)[1] 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 for using an illegal kick.[3]
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).[4]
As of 2013, he is a board member of Swimming Western Australia, a state federation of Swimming Australia.[5]