# Jim Piper

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{{short description|Australian swimmer}}
{{About|the Australian swimmer|other people with the same name|Jim Piper (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Jim Piper
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| fullname       = Jim Alan Piper
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| national_team  = {{AUS}}
| strokes        = [Breaststroke](/source/Breaststroke)
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| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1981|8|13|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [Campbelltown, New South Wales](/source/Campbelltown%2C_New_South_Wales)
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| height         = {{convert|1.87|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|82|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | Australia}}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Championships (SC)](/source/FINA_World_Championships_-_Short_Course)}}
{{MedalGold | [2002 Moscow](/source/2002_FINA_Short_Course_World_Championships) | 200 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalSilver | [2002 Moscow](/source/2002_FINA_Short_Course_World_Championships) | 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition | [Pan Pacific Championships](/source/Pan_Pacific_Swimming_Championships)}}
{{MedalSilver | [2002 Yokohama](/source/2002_Pan_Pacific_Swimming_Championships) | [200 m breaststroke](/source/2002_Pan_Pacific_Swimming_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_200_metre_breaststroke)}}
{{MedalSilver | [2002 Yokohama](/source/2002_Pan_Pacific_Swimming_Championships) | [4×100 m medley](/source/2002_Pan_Pacific_Swimming_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metre_medley_relay)}}
{{MedalBronze | [2002 Yokohama](/source/2002_Pan_Pacific_Swimming_Championships) | [100 m breaststroke](/source/2002_Pan_Pacific_Swimming_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metre_breaststroke)}}
{{MedalCompetition | [Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold | [2002 Manchester](/source/Swimming_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games) | 200 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalGold | [2002 Manchester](/source/Swimming_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games) | 4 x 100 m medley relay}}
{{MedalBronze | [2006 Melbourne](/source/Swimming_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games) | 200 m breaststroke}}
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'''Jim Alan Piper''' (born 13 August 1981)<ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/jim-piper-1.html Piper's entry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818165622/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/jim-piper-1.html |date=18 August 2012 }} from sports-reference.com; retrieved 27 June 2013.</ref> is a former Olympic [breaststroke](/source/breaststroke) [swimmer](/source/swimming_(sport)) from Australia. He swam for Australia at the:
*Olympics: [2004](/source/Australia_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics)
*World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007
*Commonwealth Games: [2002](/source/Australia_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games), [2006](/source/Australia_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games)
*Pan Pacific Championships: 2002<ref>[http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/jim-piper-from-australia-swimming-in-the-200m-breastroke-news-photo/1353893 Jim Piper swims the 200m breaststroke at the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships]. Posted by Getty Images on 26 August 2002; retrieved 27 June 2013.</ref>
*Short Course Worlds: 2002

At the [2004 Summer Olympics](/source/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.<ref>''[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11983-2004Aug18.html Setting the Record Straight]'' by Barry Svrluga, ''The Washington Post''.  Published 19 August 2004; retrieved 27 June 2013.</ref>

At the [2002 Commonwealth Games](/source/2002_Commonwealth_Games), he won the 200-metre breaststroke. Four years later, at the [2006 Commonwealth Games](/source/2006_Commonwealth_Games), he finished third in [the event](/source/Swimming_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games_-_Men's_200_metres_breaststroke).

At the 2002 Short Course Worlds, he won the 200-metre breaststroke in a new meet record (2:07.16).<ref>SC Worlds 2002 results: [http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=0001020C0034000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Men's 200m Breaststroke – final]. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 5 April 2002; retrieved 27 June 2013.</ref>

As of 2013, he is a board member of Swimming Western Australia, a state federation of [Swimming Australia](/source/Swimming_Australia).<ref>[http://wa.swimming.org.au/customdata/index.cfm?fuseaction=CustomItem&ItemID=34013 SWA Board & Committees page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528141035/http://wa.swimming.org.au/customdata/index.cfm?fuseaction=CustomItem&ItemID=34013 |date=28 May 2013 }} from the Swimming Western Australia website; retrieved 27 June 2013.</ref>

==See also==
* [List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)](/source/List_of_Commonwealth_Games_medallists_in_swimming_(men))

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Footer World SC Champions 200m Breaststroke Men}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 200m Breaststroke Men}}

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Category:1981 births
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Category:Australian male breaststroke swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers for Australia
Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:World record setters in swimming
Category:Sportsmen from New South Wales
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games swimmers for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming
Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Category:Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming
Category:Goodwill Games medalists in swimming
Category:Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Sportspeople from Campbelltown, New South Wales

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