Jim Piper

Jim Alan Piper (born 13 August 1981) is a former Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He swam for Australia at the: *Olympics: 2004 *World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007 *Commonwealth Games: 2002, 2006 *Pan Pacific Championships: 2002 *Short Course Worlds: 2002

At the 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.

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, he won the 200-metre breaststroke. Four years later, at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, he finished third in the event.

At the 2002 Short Course Worlds, he won the 200-metre breaststroke in a new meet record (2:07.16).

As of 2013, he is a board member of Swimming Western Australia, a state federation of Swimming Australia. Provided by Wikipedia