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Defne Taçyildiz

Defne Taçyildiz - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Height 5-4
Major Biomedical Engineering
Hometown Ankara, Turkey
Last School Ted Ankara College Foundation Private High School
Year Freshman
Defne Taçyildiz - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2021-22 (Freshman): Competed in the freestyle, butterfly and IM … Earned a B cut and personal best in the 200 fly (1:57.69) at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Swam in the 1650 free (16:55.46), 200 fly (1:58.89) and 400 IM (4:22.52) at the ACC Championships … Touched first in the 500 free (4:58.51) and 200 fly (2:00.43) against Gardner-Webb … Posted times in the 1000 free (10:00.84), 100 fly (56.49) and 200 fly (1:58.74) against Tulane and Arkansas … Secured times in the 200 free (1:53.68), 500 free (5:03.97) and 200 fly (1:59.18) against Duke … Turned in times in the 500 free (5:03.57), 200 fly (2:00.18) and 400 IM (4:24.74) against North Carolina … Attained first place finishes in the 500 free (4:58.84) and 200 fly (1:59.14) against Florida State … Opened the season with a first place finish against SCAD in the 200 fly (2:00.01)

Before Tech: Reached the semifinals of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 200 fly, finishing 14th … 200 fly long course 17-18 and open age national record in 2021 (2:09.37) … 200 fly short course 17-18 age national record in 2020 (2:08.69) … Fifth at European Juniors 2019 in 200 fly (2:12.09) … Seventh at World Juniors 2019 in 200 fly (2:11.77) … Honor roll from fifth to 12th grade

Personal: Chose tech because of the high level of academics, the high level of athletics, the coaches and the team … Picked up swimming when her kindergarten PE teacher encouraged her to join a club team

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