Aytekin Mindan

Education

He studied at Istanbul Bilgi University.

Career

He held a Turkish record of 1:50.40 in the 200 m freestyle, until it was matched by Kemal Arda Gurdal in 2012. Mindan made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He failed to advance into the succeeding rounds in any of his individual events, finishing forty-second in the 200 m freestyle (1:5486), and thirty-ninth in the 400 m freestyle (4:0146).

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Mindan maintained his program by qualifying for two swimming events.

He cleared FINA B-standard entry times of 1:51.14 (200 m freestyle) and 4:00.41 (400 m freestyle) from the Turkish Open Senior Championships in Izmir. On the first day of the Games, Zolezzi placed forty-first in the 400 m freestyle.

In his second event, 200 m freestyle, Mindan fell again to last place in heat four and fifty-second overall by 1.84 seconds behind Philippines" Miguel Molina with a time of 1:55.65.

Achievements

• Swimming in heat two, Mindan rounded out the field of seven swimmers to last place by a 10.33-second margin behind winner Giancarlo Zolezzi in 4:06.85.