Jim Piper


Jim Alan Piper is a former Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He swam for Australia at the:
  • Olympics: 2004
  • World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007
  • Commonwealth Games: [Australia at the Australia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 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.
As of 2013, he is a board member of Swimming Western Australia, a state federation of Swimming Australia.