Emre Sakçı

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| name = Emre Sakçı

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| fullname = Hüseyin Emre Sakçı

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| strokes = Breaststroke

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|11|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = İzmir, Turkey

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| height = 2.03 m

| weight = 100 kg

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Hüseyin Emre Sakçı (born 15 November 1997) is a Turkish swimmer specialized in breaststroke. Sakçı holds the short-course world record in 50 meters breaststroke (24.95) and the Turkish short-course records in 50 meters freestyle, 100 meters freestyle, 200 meters freestyle, 50 meters breaststroke, 100 meters breaststroke, 100 meters individual medley as well as long-course records in 50 meters freestyle, 50 meters breaststroke and 100 meters breaststroke.{{cite web |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011402090103EB04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |title=Emre Sakçı's European record in 50 meter breaststroke |website=omegatiming.com}}{{cite web |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000114020B0103EC04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |title=Emre Sakçı's European record in 100 meter breaststroke |website=omegatiming.com}}{{Cite web |title=Türkiye Yüzme Federasyonu - TYF |url=https://www.tyf.gov.tr/ |access-date=28 March 2023 |website=tyf.gov.tr |language=tr}}

Athletic career

In a first ever for Turkish swimming, Sakçı won the silver medal in the 2019 European Short Course Championship in the 50 meter breaststroke with a time of 25.82 seconds.{{Cite web |last=Race |first=Retta |date=7 December 2019 |title=2019 European Short Course Championships Day 4 Finals Live Recap |url=https://swimswam.com/2019-european-short-course-championships-day4-finals-live-recap/ |website=SwimSwam |access-date=28 March 2023}} Subsequently, Sakçı broke the short-course European record in 50 meters breaststroke with a time of 25.50 seconds on 26 October 2020 during the 2020 ISL (International Swimming League) races making him the only Turkish swimmer ever to break a European record in any stroke not in the junior category.{{Cite web |date=27 October 2020 |title=ISL Match 4 Notes: Condors Flex Their Depth; Sakci, Kromowidjojo Steal Day 2 |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/isl-match-4-notes-condors-flex-their-depth-sakci-kromowidjojo-steal-day-2/ |website=Swimming World News |access-date=28 March 2023}}

Sakçı further advanced his European Short Course 50 meter breaststroke record on 5 November 2020 again during the ISL competitions, only 0.04 seconds off the World record.{{Cite web |last=Dornan |first=Ben |date=5 November 2020 |title=Emre Sakci Swims 25.29 50 Breast; 0.04 Seconds Off Van der Burgh's World Record |url=https://swimswam.com/emre-sakci-swims-25-29-50-breast-0-04-seconds-off-van-der-burghs-world-record/ |website=SwimSwam |access-date=28 March 2023}}{{cite web |last=Love Sporty2 |date=5 November 2020 |title=İsl İnternational Swimming League Emre Sakci 50m breast 25:29 New European Record |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0wkxZ3cCUc |website=YouTube |access-date=26 March 2023}} Sakçı added a third European short-course record, this time in 100 meters breaststroke, with a time of 55.74, .13 seconds off the World record.{{cite web |last=Love Sporty2 |date=10 November 2020 |title=İsl İnternational Swimming League Emre Sakci 100m breast 00:55:74 New European Record |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTv13sRVXmk |website=YouTube |access-date=26 March 2023}}

Sakçı qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with Olympic A qualification standard time in 100 meters breaststroke.{{Cite web |last=Asikci |first=Emre |date=17 January 2020 |title=Medal-winning athlete sticks to swimming against all odds |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/sports/medal-winning-athlete-sticks-to-swimming-against-all-odds/1705444 |website=aa.com.tr |access-date=28 March 2023}}

= Training =

Sakçı belongs to a new generation of Turkish swimmers that have solely trained in Turkey instead of going to the US for college, as was done in the past by successful Turkish swimmers. Sakçı trains in his hometown of İzmir with his coach Türker Oktay.{{Cite web |title=İzmir Emre'yle gurur duyuyor |trans-title=Izmir is proud of Emre |url=https://www.yeniasir.com.tr/spor/2019/08/05/izmir-emreyle-gurur-duyuyor |work=Yeni Asır |language=tr |date=5 August 2019 |access-date=28 March 2023}}