Career
There, he placed twenty-third in the 200 m individual medley with a time of 2:06.30. Eight years later, Atasay qualified again for the 200 m individual medley by clearing a FINA B-cut of 2:03.01 from the Ukrainian Open Championships in Kiev. Swimming in heat four, he edged out Barbados" Bradley Ally to take a third spot and twenty-second overall by 0.03 of a second in 2:03.26.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Atasay accepted his nationality transfer by FINA to play for the Turkish team under a new name Serkan Atasay.
He challenged six other swimmers on the second heat, including two-time Olympian Miguel Molina of the Philippines. Atasay edged out Venezuela"s Leopoldo Andara to take the sixth spot by nearly half a second (050) in 2:05.25.
Atasay failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-second overall in the preliminary heats.
